An actor in his own right, Noah Segan seems to have a knack for assembling a great cast. His second feature film as a director stars John Turturro as the titular small-time crook, surrounded by ...
The big double anniversary of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, celebrating 60 editions and 80 years, is also a jubilee for its longtime artistic director Karel Och. Starting out in 2001...
In The Story of Film, Mark Cousins already undertook the mammoth project of capturing over a century of film history in a documentary collage spanning more than 18 hours. Some 15 years later, th...
First, Visar Morina's harsh drama of a family's social decline and the false promises of economic advancement won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, where it premiered in February in the World Ci...
With his first feature film, Ramzi Bashour landed a spot right in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance's final Park City edition. In Hot Water, the director, screenwriter, and musician born...
William Friedkin, George A. Romero, Tobe Hooper: For the dark side of cinema, Alexandre O. Philippe always had his own fascination. In his canon of film favorites, Vertigo has its own special pl...
Partly inspired by the personal experiences of both himself and co-screenwriter Christian Bengtson, Mads Mengel conceived a cinematic feature film debut that secured him Trine Dyrholm for the ti...
Die doppel- und dreibödigen Ideen aus Sven Amtsbergs zeitgenössischem Schelmenroman "Superbuhei" inspirierten Josef Brandl bereits zu einem gleichnamigen Kurzfilm. Doch dessen sieben Minuten Lau...
As professor of philosophy Louis Godbout is no stranger to the theme of existentialist dread that becomes an unsetteling untercurrent of his third feature. The Parking Spot examines how a small ...
After numerous short films at renowned international festivals, Yassine El Idrissi takes his first feature straight to the competition of the Shanghai International Film Festival. Inspired by hi...