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Kino Polska: New Polish Cinema Apr 30—May 6, 2021
FILM SERIES

From Friday, April 30 through Thursday, May 6 BAM presents the fourth edition of Kino Polska: New Polish Cinema, bringing together...

Kino Polska: New Polish CinemaApr 30—May 6, 2021
FILM SERIES

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ALEC UTGOFF IN NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN

BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) brings together...

MARILYN AGRELO: STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET (2021)

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Letters, numbers, and racial equality

A look inside the minds and hearts of the...

NICK STAGLIANO: THE VIRTUOSO (2021)

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ANSON MOUNT IN THE VIRTUOSO

The big mouth

It's another one for the video shelf for Stagliano, for whom The...

BURHAN QURBANI: BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ (2020)

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WELKET BUNQUÉ AND ALBRECHT SCHUCH IN BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ

Boatload from the south

This screen...

GRÍMUR HÁKONARSON: THE COUNTY/HERAÐIÐ (2019)

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In The County/Héraðið, Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir plays Inga, a farming wife who suddenly becomes a widow. ...

S.J. CHIRO: EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS (2021)

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TOM SKERRITT IN EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS

Nothing to lose

This vehicle for Tom Skerritt (you might remember him...

DANNY MADDEN: BEAST BEAST (2020)

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SHIRLEY CHEN AND JOSE ANGELO IN BEAST BEAST

The young people today, oh my

American teen life has long had alcohol,...

CHRISTOPHER KAHUNAHANA: WAIKIKI (2020)

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DANIELLE ZALOPANY IN WAIKIKI

A pretty film about poverty and homelessness in Honolulu's tourist center
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ROY ANDERSSON: ABOUT ENDLESSNESS (2019)

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OPENING SCENE OF ABOUT ENDLESSNESS

Gloom as high art and profound philosophy

In Swedish, the title is Om...

DANNY MADDEN: BEAST BEAST (2020)

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SHIRLEY CHEN AND JOSE ANGELO IN BEAST BEAST

The young people today, oh my

American teen life has long had alcohol,...

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STILL FROM maɬni - TOWARDS THE OCEAN, TOWARDS THE SHORE

Opened yesterday, April 2, 2021 at Metrograph in New York

Two meditative interviews with...

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ND/NF 2021: Descriptions of the films

Aleph ( Iva Radivojevic) Structured as a labyrinth-like game and inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, Aleph is a...

There are also shorts:

Beyond Is the Day dir. Damian Kocur
Binh dir. Ostin Fam
Heaven Reaches Down to Earth dir. Tebogo Malebogo
Hola, abuelo dir. Manuela Eguía
I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face...

It starts later this year due to the pandemic; the 2020 series was delayed till Dec. This is the 50th anniversary of ND/NF, so there is a retrospective series of selections from early years,...

Seen or not, Mank is the obvious cinephile's choice. I'm rarely as well prepared as I am this time, having not only seen but written reviews of all eight Best Picture noms. I also rarey feel as...

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Minari trailer
Admittedly, I can't watch this without tearing up.


Peter Bradshaw's enthusiastic review appears in the Guardian today (April 1,...

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ALAN S. KIM AND STEVEN YEUN IN MINARI

Johann:
Mank is the logical cinephile's choice, a celebration of cinematic complexity recreating a memorable,...

CLAIRE DENIS: L'INTRUS (THE INTRUDER) (2004)

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MICHEL BUTOR IN L'INTRUS

Terminal odyssey

Before L'Intrus ("The Intruder") I'd seen other Denis...

Leading the nominations at last Fri. Mar. 12's César Awards with 13 nominations, Emmanuel Mouret's "Les choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait' ("Love Affair(s)") "only" received the trophy for best...

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THE OSCARS 2021


Full list of nominations

Source: Screen Daily

Best Picture

THE OSCARS 2021

Full list of nominations

Source: Screen Daily

Best Picture
The Father
Judas And The Black Messiah
Mank

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Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2021: some comments.

Like the New York Film Festival and New Directors series for...

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SUMMER OF 85/ÉTÉ 85 (François Ozon 2020)

Ozon has finally adapted a tragic gay romance he may haver wanted to film when he started out: he read the YA novel as a teen. Outstanding performances...