Luka
Shot in glorious B&W and Super 16mm, Belgian-American filmmaker Jessica Woodworth mounted this solo adventure utilizing the backdrop of Sicily back in October of...
Do Introverts Dream of Electric Carousels?: Wittock Waxes Fatuous in Debut
A finely wrought tradition of European cinema includes a bounty of infamous depictions of...
La Casa de Antiguidades
Brazil’s João Paulo Miranda Maria seems primed for international success with his feature debut La Casa de Antiguidades (Memory House), produced...
Brother’s Keeper: Pront’s Squalid Crime Thriller a Promising Debut
Although we’ve seen certain tropes and characterizations aplenty, such as any number of disenfranchised families struggling...
When the Night Has Come: Grandrieux Laments Lost Love
Seven years have passed since provocateur Philippe Grandrieux’s 2008 film Un Lac, and he remains somewhat...
Belgica
Directors: Felix van Groeningen // Writers: Arne Sierens, Felix van Groeningen
Belgian director Felix van Groeningen’s last film, The Broken Circle Breakdown, which played at...
Malgré la nuit
Director: Philippe Grandrieux // Writer: Philippe Grandrieux
French provocateur Philippe Grandrieux may not be an auteur to everyone’s liking, but since debuting with...
The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.