Tag: world cinema
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Film: Chhapaak (India, 2020)
Before we jump into this review, there are two things to address. There has been a lot of political dialogue around this film’s release related largely in part to ongoing events in India and actions by the film’s lead. We won’t be covering any of that within this review because it detracts from just reviewing…
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Film: Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (India, 2019)
For all its flaws, I can’t think of another mode of cinema in which I see such a wide range of characters. Sure, your Hrithik Roshan’s and Deepika Padukones are caked in make up, their brown skin often lightening over time, but there’s also many more aged characters in Bollywood and they can gyrate and…
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Film: First They Killed My Father (2017, Cambodia/USA)
I debated whether to include this on my blog, wondering if it would actually count under ‘world cinema’, but given that the film was made with a large chunk of the cast and crew being from Cambodia, the film was shot in Cambodia, the story is from a Cambodian, and the dialogue is in Khmer…
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Film: Yabani Asly (2017, Egypt)
For my most recent world cinema watch, I went with an Egyptian film. This film is currently available on Netflix UK under the title ‘From Japan to Egypt’. Let’s dive in!
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Film: Andið eðlilega (Iceland, 2018)
Iceland. What do you think of when you hear this country’s name? Perhaps the Northern Lights, fjords, book-giving at Christmas? Andið eðlilega, or And Breathe Normally as it’s dubbed in English, takes a look at Iceland in a way you might never have seen before.
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Film: 5 international films to show your friends who hate films with subtitles
I think we all have at least one friend who scrunches up their nose when we try to get them to watch a film in another language. “I just hate subtitles!” they will often declare. The sad truth is that they are depriving themselves of a whole magical world of storytelling with this mindset. In…