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A Pain That I’m Used To: Metrograph Pictures Tables Dea Kulumbegashvili’s ‘April’

Perhaps the landmark sophomore feature of 2024, Georgian filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili has found a safe space in the U.S. via newish distributor Metrograph Pictures...

April | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review

A Vindicated Woman: Kulumbegashvili Constructs Potent, Profound Study in Body Horror I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves,”...

Bones and All | Review

All the Fine Young Cannibals: Guadagnino Crafts Grisly, Devouring Love Story “It’s amazing what you can do with a cheap piece of meat if you...

Criterion Collection: Eyimofe (This is My Desire) | Blu-ray Review

Far from the complicated, distressed definition of the Nigerian film movement christened ‘Nollywood’ in the early 2000s, a new coterie of filmmakers have slowly...

Dea Kulumbegashvili – Beginning [Video Interview]

One of the brighter notes in world cinema circa year one of the pandemic, Dea Kulumbegashvili's directorial debut (an official entry for Georgia for...

Beginning | Review

Carpet Burn: Kulumbegashvili Unnerves with Exacting Debut of Violence and Veneration For decades, the international presence of Georgian cinema was thanks (mostly) to the output...

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Interview: Mahdi Fleifel – To a Land Unknown (Red Sea Intl. Film Festival)

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2025 Sundance: Hailey Gates, Katarina Zhu & Eva Victor in U.S. Dramatic Comp

Among the batch of ten 2025 U.S. Dramatic Competition...

2025 Sundance: Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Masterwork ‘April’ Selected for Spotlight Section

With only two films selections it looks like Sundance's...

2025 Sundance: Laura Casabé, Flora Lau, Vladimir de Fontenay & Chloé Robichaud in World Cinema Dramatic Comp

The long-awaited film by Flora Lau (LUX), Chloé Robichaud's...