Dir: Eddy Terstall By: Selmer Derwort Long before there was the international hit Les Intouchables, there was this rare gem of Dutch cinema – Simon (Dir. Eddy Terstall, 2004, Netherlands), which is in many ways […]
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By Selmer Derwort Dir: Robert Jan Westdijk Little Sister is a classic yet still under-appreciated 1995 Dutch film. Made on a total allowance of $50k, this has to be one of the furthest stretched budgets in cinema […]
Dir: Marjane Satrapi By: Will Donelson (Sundance Film Festival London 2014) The Voices is the latest from director Marjane Satrapi, who made a name for herself with the critically-acclaimed Persepolis in 2007. The film focuses on Jerry […]
Director: Paolo Zucca Review by: Giulia Baroni L’Arbitro (Italy, 2013)Â “Everything I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe it to football” – Albert Camus This is the opening line of not […]
Contributed by: Lina Rhissi « La laideur pour les femmes est un péché mortel » Le réalisateur du film « Séraphine » ayant remporté sept Césars en 2009, explore à nouveau la vie d’une femme blessée, rejetée, venant d’un […]
Dir: Alain Provost By: Lina Rhissi “For women, ugliness is a mortal sin†Martin Provost, the director of the 2009 César Awards winning movie Séraphine, once again explores the life of a wounded and rejected […]