Tag: Bruno Nahon

Interview: Boris Lojkine – Souleymane’s Story

After winning the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize and the Best Actor award for first-time performer Abou Sangare at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival,...

Souleymane’s Story | Review

Straightened Story: Lojkine’s Details Delivery App Woes to Application Process Lows Standing on fertile creative ground, Boris Lojkine once again explores the narratives of individuals...

2022 Cannes: Mathieu Vadepied’s “Father & Soldier” is the Un Certain Regard Opener

Mathieu Vadepied's Father & Soldier has been selected as the Un Certain Regard opener. A film that we had slotted for a release in...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #58. Guillaume Nicloux’s La Tour d’Assitan

La Tour d’Assitan (Lockdown Tower) Upon getting a whiff of this project one can't help but feel that Gareth Evans' The Raid created a new...

Popular

Paper Tiger | Review

In the Forests of the Night: Gray Frames Fearful...

TheyDream | Review

Frames That Mend: Caballero Unevenly Probes Puerto Rican Family...

The Devils (1971) | Review

Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s...

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.