Category: Foreign Language
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Nerdwriter: How French Cinema Works (YouTube Video)
The video “How French Cinema Works” provides a fascinating look at the unique system that supports and shapes the film industry in France. At the center of it all is the CNC (the National Center for Cinema and the Moving Image), a government agency with no equivalent in the United States. The CNC helps fund…
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Film Review – Anatomy Of A Fall
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I was fortunate enough to get advance screening tickets for Anatomy Of A Fall or Anatomie d’Une Chute as the original title has it. I had seen the trailers over the last couple of months and thought that I might enjoy it. I mean, I hardly ever stop wanging on about my love of performances…
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Movie Review – Bigbug (2022)
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I’ve never hidden the fact that I like modern French cinema. Luc Besson has made at least three of my all time top twenty favourite films. Another director with three in my twenty was Jean-Pierre Jeunet. I say “was” because Bigbug has joined the others to give him four. His previous three entries in my…
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Indie Movie Review – Sweetie, You Won’t Believe It/Жаным, ты не поверишь! (2020)
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When I think of foreign films, I tend to think of either European or Oriental. For Europe it used to be mainly French or Italian but recently I’ve been watching more Danish films thanks to my Mads Mikkelsen obsession. The Far East was mainly Kurosawa or Kung Fu films but Korea has started making a…
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Non-Christmas Christmas Movies – Riders Of Justice/Retfærdighedens Ryttere (2020)
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Sometimes you review a film because it’s just being released. Another time you’ll review a film because it’s part of a season or a theme. And then there’ll be times when you want to review a film for other reasons. Riders Of Justice or Retfærdighedens Ryttere falls into the latter category. I have to admit…
