Tag: Leila’s Brothers

2023 New Directors/New Films: Avilés’ Tótem, Abbruzzese’s Disco Boy & Leaf’s Earth Mama Among Highlights

Lassoing international film titles as far back as last year's Manuela Martelli's Chile ’76 and Saim Sadiq's Joyland and as recent as Berlinale's Abbruzzese's...

2022 Cannes Coverage Wrap-Up: Competition

Armageddon Time - James Gray Boy from Heaven - Tarik Saleh Broker - Hirokazu Kore-eda Frère et sœur - Arnaud Desplechin Close - Lukas...

2022 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9 – Saeed Roustayi’s Leila’s Brothers

One of the two Iranian entries at this year's Cannes competition, this is Saeed Roustayi's first time. Starring Taraneh Alidoosti, Saeed Poursamimi, Navid Mohammadzadeh,...

Leila’s Brothers | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review

How to Beat the High Cost of Living: Roustayi Ponders Poverty in Familial Melodrama “Anyone who has struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it...

Live from Cannes: 2022 Cannes Critics’ Panel – Meet the Jury!

Last year's behemoth two dozen title competition saw Julia Ducournau’s Titane take the top honors landing the Palme d'Or but our jury of twenty...

2022 Cannes: Abbasi, Dhont, Reichardt, Mungiu & Claire Denis Among 18 Titles Vying for Palme d’Or

The likes of first-time comp contenders Kelly Reichardt, Ali Abbasi and Lucas Dhont are joining former Palme d'Or winners Ruben Östlund, Kore-eda Hirokazu, the...

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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.