Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, 45, and her French-Moroccan husband, producer Nabil Ayouch, 56, are quite the filmmaking couple. The queen and king of Moroccan cinema, we might say. Their award-winning, groundbreaking films are
The conversation took place during the day of the European Film Awards ceremony in Berlin, where Albert Serra’s Afternoons of Solitude was nominated in the documentary section. The setting was
The Australian filmmaker (Low Life, High Life, I Met a Girl) has turned the challenges of Covid into his very own franchise, with the latest installment the feature length UnCancelled.
8.2
… a thoroughly enjoyable, life-affirming film that balances the serious moments with the comic – occasionally at the same time.
Pedro Almodovar had long been on Tilda Swinton’s wish-list of directors when her dream came true four years ago when he cast her in his short film, The Human Voice.
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… at turns intense, heartfelt and life-affirming, character study, finely observed in extreme close-up.
… a truly extraordinary and deeply moving piece of cinema.
… a satisfying and enjoyable film.
… unapologetically queer, filled with eroticism, pithy one-liners and lip-synching; all of which hide a dark heart that beats beneath the surface.
The scenario is ripe for lampooning, but whether the joke sustains itself for a nearly two hour running time is another matter.