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    Synonyms : swapping your nationality is never easy

      It is always so exhilarating to watch a powerful tour-de-force performance from a unknown actor that you know will become known as his breakthrough performance as stardom beckons. Such is the case of Israeli Tom Mercier who plays Yoav a conflicted young man who has just run away from Israel to Paris determined to … Continue reading

    Tea With The Dames

      Made for BBC’s TV august arts program ARENA earlier this year,  this piece of sheer cinematic joy has had its name tweaked (for some inexplicable  reason) and now courtesy of IFC Films is heading to selected movie US movie theaters this Fall.  The new title is a tad misleading as these four of the … Continue reading

    The Birth of a Nation

    Filmmaker Nate Parker’s powerful directing debut The Birth of a Nation that was hailed as a masterpiece in many quarters in Sundance earlier this year, is based on the controversial account of Nat Turner’s life and the slave rebellion he led in 1831.  The perfect timing of the premiere in the very same month the Academy … Continue reading

    The Father : with an award-winning performance from Anthony Hopkins

      It seems that Europeans have the edge when it comes to telling such elegant tales on the sensitive subject of dementia.  Hard to forget the image of Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva  as the devoted elderly couple in Micheal Hanke’s  Amour in 2012.  They stole all our hearts and won every award imaginable in … Continue reading

    The Florida Project

    After Tangerine his quite remarkable sophomore film was the most talked-about and exciting premiere at Sundance two years, there was an enormous air of expectation to see how Sean Baker would fare with his follow-up movie.  It turns out that there was no need to worry at all, and he ditched his Iphone 5’s and … Continue reading

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