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The Conversation: Top 10 of 2020 Thus Far …

Our chief film critic Nicholas Bell offers his top ten in a (film) year are unlikely to forget. As per usual, this middle point...

Best of the 2020 Berlinale: Hittman, Khrzhanovsky/Oertel & Gotardo/Dutra

Mohammad Rasoulof’s There Is No Evil landed the top prize (and once again landed the filmmaker in hot water as Iranian authorities aren't big...

2020 Berlin Intl. Film Festival: Nicholas Bell’s Top 5 Most Anticipated Films

For its 70th edition, the Berlinale begins a new era by adding some new categories (mainly the newly minted Encounters program, a competition for...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #16. Dau – Ilya Khrzhanovsky

Dau It looks as if 2019 will be the year we see Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s insane recuperation of Stalinist era Russia with the infamous Dau. Some...

The Conversation – Cannes Predictions V: Jia Zhangke & Kirill Serebrennikov Lead the Far East

Cannes 2017 had a strong crop of Russian titles on hand, and several 2018 possibilities could be poised for entry in this year’s program....

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: # 15. Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s Dau

Dau A contemporary cinematic legend, Russian director Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s Dau has been a highly anticipated film project for the past decade. Now over twelve years...

A Cannes Opener: 2016 Cannes Film Festival Predictions

A furious slew of titles in the works would seem to prophesize a robust main competition slate for Cannes 2016. Though our initial list...

The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell… 2015 Cannes Film Fest Predictions

With the world’s most prestigious film festival just around the corner, cineastes have been lasciviously salivating about what’s going to show up at Cannes,...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #6. Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s Dau

Dau Director: Ilya Khrzhanovsky // Writers: Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Susanne Marian, Vladimir Sorokin Long touted as one of the most ambitious Russian films ever made (but perhaps...

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s Dau

#30. Ilya Khrzhanovsky's Dau Gist: In short, this is an epic biographical film depicting the life of scientist Lev Landau. Prediction: Back in 2005, Khrzhanosvsky won...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #5. Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s Dau

Dau Director: Ilya Khrzhanovsky Writer(s): Khrzhanovsky and Vladimir Sorokin Producer(s): Coproduction Office's Philippe Bober & Artyom Vasilev U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: TBA Winner at Rotterdam in 2005 for his...

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