Tag: Cinema of Georgia

April | 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,”...

Interview: Tinatin Kajrishvili & Lasha Khalvashi – Citizen Saint

Premiering in competition at this year's Karlovy Film Festival, Tinatin Karishvili's third feature Citizen Saint is set in a small mining town, where a...

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry | 2023 Cannes Film Festival Review

The End of the Affair: Naveriani Finds Love in a Hopeless Place Georgian filmmaker Elene Naveriani solidifies her gravitational pull towards examining rural social misfits...

What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? | Review

Eye See You: Koberidze Spins a Modern Fairy Tale of Distracted Perceptions Georgian director Alexandre Koberidze ascends to a sublime arthouse stature with his curious...

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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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.