Tag: Fugue

Interview: Agnieszka Smoczynska – Fugue

Agnieszka Smoczynska's 2015 The Lure was quite the sensation, having made a splash at Sundance and having enjoyed a growing reputation in the years...

Fugue | Review

Staring into the Known: Smoczyńska Offers Low-key, Uncompromising Sophomore Feature Surely not the follow up effort audiences might have had in mind from the creator...

Dekanalog Lands Fest Faves in “Streetwise”, “Anatolian Leopard” & Smoczynska’s “Fugue”

Like as if they were digging for that gem in a vinyl shop, Deadline reports that Dekanalog have lassoed three sturdy titles from film...

The Conversation: Nicholas Bell’s Top 10 Most Anticipated 2018 Cannes Films

Time will surely tell if Cannes 2018 is as truly daring as it thinks its competition line-up is, sporting nine directors (nearly half of...

2018 Cannes Critics’ Week: Paul Dano’s Wildlife (Opener) & Agnieszka Smoczynska’s Fugue Selected

As per usual, Artistic Director Charles Tesson unveiled the line-up to the Cannes Critics' Week via the savoury film description friendly video. A program...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #56. Agnieszka Smoczynska’s Fugue

Fugue Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska became an instant breakout success with her debut The Lure (read review),  a 1980s set horror musical about two sister sirens...

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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.