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The Celtic Predator

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‘AKA’ (2023): Men on Fire

Directed by: Morgan S. Dalibert || Produced by: Rémi Leautier Screenplay by: Morgan S. Dalibert, Alban Lenoir || Starring: Alban Lenoir, Eric Cantona, Thibault de Montalembert, Sveva Alvit Music by: Etienne Forget || Florent Astolfi ||  Edited by: Tianes Montasser || Country: France || Language: French Running Time: 122 minutes Hard-boiled French crime films have … Continue reading

‘Nosferatu the Vampyre’ (1979): Dracula à la Carte

Directed by: Werner Herzog || Produced by: Michael Gruskoff, Werner Herzog Screenplay by: Werner Herzog || Starring: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor, Walter Ladengast Music by: Popol Vuh || Cinematography: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein || Edited by: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus || Country: West Germany, France || Language: German, English Running Time: 107 minutes Though vampires … Continue reading

‘Possession’ (1981): Messed Up Beyond All Recognition

Directed by: Andrzej Żuławski || Produced by: Marie-Laure Reyre Screenplay by: Frederic Tuten, Andrzej Żuławski || Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent, Johanna Hofer, Carl Duering Music by: Andrzej Korzyński || Cinematography: Bruno Nuytten || Edited by: Marie-Sophi Dubus, Suzanne Lang-Willar || Country: France, West Germany || Language: English Running Time: 124 … Continue reading

Finland’s Cinematic Winter Warfare: ‘Hatching’ & ‘Sisu’ (2022)

Directed by: Hanna Bergholm [1], Jalmari Helander [2] || Produced by: Mika Ritalahti, Niko Ritalahti, Nima Yousefi [1], Petri Jokiranta [2] Screenplay by: Ilja Rautsi [1], Jalmari Helander [2] || Starring: Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen, Reino Nordin, Saija Lentonen [1], Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo [2] Music by: Stein Berge … Continue reading

‘Devdas’ (1955): Everything Old is New Again

Directed by: Bimal Roy || Produced by: Bimal Roy Screenplay by: Nabendu Ghosh, Rajinder Singh Bedi || Starring: Dilip Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Vyjayanthimala, Motilal Rajvansh Music by: S. D. Burman || Cinematography: Kamal Bose || Edited by: Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Das Dhaimade || Country: India || Language: Hindi Running Time: 167 minutes Not long after I … Continue reading

‘No Bed of Roses’ (2017): The Holistic Betrayal of Infidelity

Directed by: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki || Produced by: Abdul Aziz, Irrfan Khan, Ashok Dhanuka, Himanshu Dhanuka Screenplay by: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki || Starring: Irrfan Khan, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Rokeya Prachy, Parno Mittra Music by: Chirkutt, Pavel Areen || Cinematography: Sheikh Rajibul Islam || Edited by: Momin Biswas || Country: Bangladesh, India || Language: Bengali, English … Continue reading

Telugu Reviews, Volume 6: ‘HIT’ (2020, 2022) & ‘Dasara’ (2023)

Directed by: Sailesh Kolanu [1, 2], Srikanth Odela || Produced by: Prashanti Tipirneni, Nani [1, 2], Sudhakar Cherukuri [3] Screenplay by: Sailesh Kolanu [1, 2], Srikanth Odela, Jella Srinath, Arjuna Paturi, Vamsi Krishna P. [3] || Starring: Vishwak Sen, Ruhani Sharma [1], Adivi Sesh, Meenakshi Chaudhary [2], Nani, Keerthy Suresh, Dheekshith Shetty [3] Music by: … Continue reading

‘Like Father, Like Son’ (2013): The Ties that Bind

Directed by: Hirokazu Kore-eda || Produced by: Kaoru Matsuzaki, Hijiri Taguchi Screenplay by: Hirokazu Kore-eda || Starring: Masaharu Fukuyama, Yōko Maki, Jun Kunimura, Machiko Ono Music by: Shin Yasui || Cinematography: Mikiya Takimoto || Edited by: Hirokazu Kore-eda || Country: Japan || Language: Japanese Running Time: 120 minutes About halfway through Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Like Father, … Continue reading

‘One Cut of the Dead’ (2017): The Cure for Both Found-Footage and Zombie Films

Directed by: Shin’ichirō Ueda || Produced by: Koji Ichihashi Screenplay by: Shin’ichirō Ueda || Starring:  Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama,  Kazuaki Nagaya,  Harumi Syuhama, Hasoi Manabu, Hiroshi Ichihara, Shuntaro Yamazaki, Shinichiro Osawa Music by: Nobuhiro Suzuki, Kailu Nagai || Cinematography: Tsuyoshi Sone || Edited by: Shin’ichirō Ueda || Country: Japan || Language: Japanese Running Time: 97 minutes By the time I graduated from college in 2015, filmmaking … Continue reading

‘The Sadness’ (2021): The Lesser Version of ‘The Crazies’ (2010)

Directed by: Rob Jabbaz || Produced by: Jeffrey Huang, David Barker, Wei-Chun Lu Screenplay by: Rob Jabbaz || Starring: Berant Zhu, Regina Lei, Tzu-Chiang Wang, Emerson Tsai, Wei-Hua Lan Music by: TZECHAR || Cinematography: Jie-Li Bai || Edited by: Rob Jabbaz || Country: Taiwan || Language: Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien Running Time: 100 minutes My preferences … Continue reading

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