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Interview: Carolina Cavalli – The Kidnapping of Arabella

Using the road-movie narrative template to explore an unconventional form of companionship, The Kidnapping of Arabella is far from a typical coming-of-age film —...

2025 Venice: Mark Jenkin, Kent Jones, Carolina Cavalli, Gastón Solnicki, Laura Samani & Teona Strugar Mitevska in Orizzonti

Teona Strugar Mitevska's Mother, the Macedonian's sixth feature film (which promises to shake up the mythical figure of Mother Teresa played by Noomi Rapace)...

Girlhood, Interrupted: Carolina Cavalli Set to Trace “The Kidnapping of Arabella”

After grabbing the international film festival circuit by storm with her directorial debut in Amanda (2022 Venice, TIFF) and to an extent Babak Jalali's...

Interview: Carolina Cavalli – Amanda

A refreshing new voice on the Italian cinema scene popped up in the Orizzonti section (Venice Film Festival's parallel section to the comp) in...

Oscilloscope Has Temper Tantrum for Carolina Cavalli’s “Amanda”

A tonally quirky film with its defiant and eccentric like Max Fisher (from Rushmore) type character (a straight-faced Benedetta Porcaroli) at the film's core,...

2022 TIFF: Honoré, Seidl, Pálmason, Mungiu & Gueret+Akoka in the Contemporary World Cinema Program

After front-loading the section with Canadiana last week, we now know the entire make-up of the Contemporary World Cinema Program and there are plenty...

2022 Venice Film Festival: Alice Diop, Poitras, Panahi & Iñárritu Among Front-Runners for the Golden Lion!

With only one title left to be unveiled (for the time being, let's call it the August 30th pre-opener as it will be actually...

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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.

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Interview: Jordan Firstman – Club Kid

I first took notice of Jordan Firstman through his...