Theeb
The Bedouin Desert has its own rules, and young Theeb (Al-Hwietal) has learned them well, although he also has a streak of the rebel and is eager to become a man.
Academy awards
The Revenant
Don’t go into Academy Award winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new film “The Revenant” because you want to see a bunch of Leonardo DiCaprio wilderness fight scenes.
The Throne
Both The Assassin (China) director Hsiao-Hsien Hou and Joon-ik Lee, director of The Throne (South Korea), have spent eight years on the sidelines before returning to film.
The Assassin
Winner best director Hsiao-Hsien Hou at this year’s Cannes film festival, The Assassin commits the biggest trailer fraud of the year.
Wild Tales
Wild Tales is a remarkable film from Argentina showing in six vignettes a range of human emotions and coping techniques in response to stress. In all the tales, emotional press (animal instincts, perhaps, in that beautiful close-ups of animals in the wild are shown during the initial credits) usurps logic and good old problem solving
Top 10 Films to see before Oscars
The 87th Academy Award nominations are out, and everyone is talking about the controversial snubs (and rightly so). But for those of you who want to know what’s going on before the big show, here are the 10 most important films to see before February 22.
Mr. Turner
Cannes award winner for best actor Timothy Spall (Harry Potter) is truly deserving of an Oscar nomination for his embedded performance in the biopic of William Turner. From the moment the film opens, the cinematography pulls you into what visually could be a moving painting. Dick Pope always works on director Mike Leigh’s films, but
American Sniper
The tragic story of the man who became the greatest American Sniper in US history comes to light with director Clint Eastwood’s steady hand at the helm.
Selma
Director Ava DuVernay (Middle of Nowhere) will very likely make history in 2015 as the first African American female to be nominated for best director in the Academy Awards history. DuVernay will only be the 5th woman ever nominated in that category. It’s probably an insignificant trivia fact for some, but it’s one more example