Tag: Kazakh Cinema

Happiness (Baqyt) | 2022 Berlin International Film Festival Review

Let the Sunshine In: Uzabayev Drags Us Through the Wretched Realities of Violence Against Women The knee-jerk response to the agonizing experience of watching a...

The River | 2018 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Bury the Sins & Wash Them Clean: Baigazin Presents the Dysfunction of Isolation in Simmering Drama Over the last decade, several prominent voices out of...

Interview: Adilkhan Yerzhanov – The Gentle Indifference of the World

His sixth feature film in almost as many years, and second trip to the Croisette following in the footsteps of The Owners (2014), Kazakh...

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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.