Tag: Kantemir Balagov

Newark Confiture: Balagov’s “Butterfly Jam” Set for a September Start Date

In what promises to be a vintage 2025 year for auteur cinema, Kantemir Balagov's next might also join the fray. Originally titled "Monica" and...

Through the Looking Glass: Top 10 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2024

As we do every year, after we've unveiled our massive top list for the upcoming year (check out our Top 200) we like to...

New Jersey Spread: Lars Knudsen & Ari Aster Board Kantemir Balagov’s “Butterfly Jam”

When life gives you lemons (or the president of your country begins a war with Ukraine) you make .... Butterfly Jam. THR are dropping...

Through the Looking Glass: Top 20 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022 – Picks 10-1

And now selections 10 down to 1.... #10. The Red Sky – Christian Petzold Basking in the success of his latest feature, Undine, which competed at...

Interview: Kantemir Balagov – Beanpole

We sat down with director Kantemir Balagov at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival following the premiere of his sophomore film Beanpole in Un Certain...

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Life After Wartime: Balagov Crafts Exemplary Portrait of Post-WWII Role of Women In the words of Plato, “Only the dead have seen the end of...

The Conversation: The Best of Cannes 2019

Zombies. The Undead. Reincarnation. These were some of the central themes and motifs displayed throughout an alarming amount of films in the 2019 official...

The Conversation: Nicholas Bell’s Top Ten Most Anticipated Titles of Cannes 2019

It’s that time of year again, and the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival is about to begin. If last year’s main competition...

2019 Cannes Film Festival: Balagov, Honoré, Dumont, Annie Silverstein & Monia Chokri in the Un Certain Regard

Kantemir Balagov will be returning to the section that he made waves in with his fascinating debut film (Closeness), Croisette acolytes Bruno Dumont and Christophe...

The Conversation: 2019 Cannes Film Festival Predictions

For several reasons, the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival was something of a slight progression, if at least for the number of...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #43. The Beanpole – Kantemir Balagov

The Beanpole The now twenty-seven-year-old Russian director Kantemir Balagov was one of the brightest cinematic discoveries of 2017 with his debut Closeness, which he is...

Best of 2017: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 Undistributed but not…Unloved

Prior to unveiling the top theatrical releases of 2017, here's a little love for some festival circuit being held for theatrical release next year...

Balagov’s “Closeness”, Olsson’s “That Summer” & Quinn’s “Eating Animals” Land in Telluride

While questions still surround when (and where) Abdellatif Kechiche's Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno and Lynne Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here will have...

The Conversation: Top 20 Best Films of 2017 So Far …

At the mid-way point of 2017, the usual cinematic trends continue, with the best theatrical offerings from January through June mostly festival circuit offerings...

2017 Cannes Film Festival: How the “Toni Erdmann” Snub Help Land “The Square” the Palme d’Or

When surveilling the postscript and how the Pedro led jury handed out the awards, the consensus is: job well done. However, while we were...

The Conversation: What Cannes Do – Top 10 Favorites of the 2017 Edition

In one of the most cavalier Cannes juries of recent years, the Pedro Almodovar led voting body closed out the 2017 edition of the...

The Conversation: Regarding Un Certain Regard – Top 3 Most Anticipated Picks

Entering its 39th year of existence, parallel sidebar Un Certain Regard once more sports a mixture of intriguing newcomers alongside noted auteurs in the...

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