Festival Du Nouveau Cinema Archives

‘The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao’: Cannes Award Winner Is A Compelling, Humanist Melodrama [FNC Review]

October 26, 2019 11:34 am

Onscreen depictions of Brazilian life are often caught up in one of two clichés: the exotic, like the Palme d’Or winning “Black Orpheus,” and grim representations of poverty and crime, best exemplified by “City...

Locarno 2019 Kiyoshi Kurosawa To The Ends Of The Earth

‘To The Ends Of The Earth’: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Travelogue Is A Delightful Crowd-Pleaser [FNC Review]

Bradley Warren

October 26, 2019 11:02 am

Festivals, Reviews

Like the displaced protagonists they often depict, a change of scenery can shake a filmmaker out of his or her creative doldrums. “To the Ends of the Earth” takes Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa—best known f...

‘Knife + Heart’: Vanessa Paradis, M83 & Giallo Style Form An Uneven Ménage [FNC Review]

Bradley Warren

October 20, 2018 10:39 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Style over substance—the eternal struggle waging within genre films. This is a particular challenge for filmmakers who employ genre molds torn out of context (or fallen out of fashion): ‘70s New Hollywood, Quen...

Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s ‘3 Faces’ Is A Modest, Humanist Gem [FNC Review]

Bradley Warren

October 18, 2018 2:05 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

It’s well-known by the film community that director Jafar Panahi has been punished by the Iranian state due to the themes of his work. The 2010 sentence banned Panahi from making films for 20 years, in addition...

‘Ray & Liz’ Is A Vivid Portraiture Of Family Dysfunction & Nostalgia [FNC Review]

Bradley Warren

October 14, 2018 9:42 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

There is an entrenched tradition of realism in British cinema, ranging from kitchen sink films of the '60s to the signature Steadicam shots of Alan Clarke, up through the TV films of Mike Leigh and as recent as...

FNC ’13 Review: The Grass Is Not Greener On The Other Side In Bruce McDonald’s Dark Comedy ‘The Husband’

Nikola Grozdanovic

October 16, 2013 5:02 pm

Reviews

FNC '13 Review: The Grass Is Not Greener On The Other Side In Bruce McDonald's Dark Comedy 'The Husband'

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