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The revolution introduced me to art, and art, in its own turn, brought me to the revolution.

Sergei Eisenstein

Thursday, 12 May 2022 11:19

Culture for All: Why Film Matters

Written by Culture Matters

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As part of the Culture for All series, supported by the Communication Workers Union, we're proud to present a short film about why film matters, by Deirdre O'Neill. Why Film Matters by Deirdre O'Neill Action films, horror films, romantic comedies, science fiction, documentaries – film plays a big part of…

Cultural democracy

Sunday, 01 May 2022 09:28

Marlene Dietrich: anti-fascist and a role model for women's emancipation

Written by Jenny Farrell

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Marlene Dietrich, who died 30 years ago, on 6 May 1992, should be remembered not only for her importance as role model for emancipation, but also for her outspoken and active stand against her Nazi homeland. Born in Berlin on 27 December 1901, she became one of the most famous…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Friday, 08 April 2022 09:16

Not so Black and White: Belfast in the 1960s

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Written by Caoimhghin O Croidheain

Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin reviews Kenneth Branagh's recent film Belfast For those not familiar with the vicissitudes of Northern Ireland, Kenneth Branagh's 2021 film Belfast may not give one a full idea of the terrible things that happened there over a period of three decades - euphemistically known as 'the Troubles'.…

The Troubles

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 17 March 2022 19:53

A powerful statement about poverty and class struggle: The Gravedigger's Wife

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Written by Rita Di Santo

Rita di Santo reviews a film at the Luxor Film Festival In this revolutionary triumph of emotion and form, Khadar Ayderus Ahmed rises to the ranks of one of the most interesting filmmakers emerging from contemporary cinema. A film of acute tenderness and eloquence, The Gravedigger's Wife grounds its critique…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 03 March 2022 17:50

'My movies are about class inequality': Rita Di Santo interviews Alejandra Márquez Abella

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Written by Rita Di Santo

Rita di Santo interviews Alejandra Marquez Abella about her recent film Northern Skies Over Empty Space After directing an episode of Narcos for Netflix, and a future film, female Mexican director Alejandra Márquez Abella boldly confronts macho culture and the Western genre in her new film Northern Skies Over Empty…

Northern Skies Over Empty Space

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 08 February 2022 11:28

Charles Dickens, social realist cinema and the need for a humanist, critical and writerly eye

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Written by Caoimhghin O Croidheain

On the 210th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth, 7 February 1812, Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin writes about Dickens, how social realist cinema has filmed his books, and how modern society needs the same kind of sharp, critical, humanist and writerly eye Between 1935 and 1952 seven films were made based on…

Great Expectations Oliver Twist Scrooge A tale of two Cities David Copperfield Sally Rooney

Monday, 24 January 2022 10:24

Macbeth, directed by Joel Coen

Written by Jenny Farrell

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Jenny Farrell reviews The Tragedy of Macbeth, directed by Joel Coen Of all Shakespeare’s tragedies, Macbeth is perhaps the most strikingly modern. When one considers what Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth, written between 1600 and 1606, have in common as an overarching theme, it is this: they all centre…

Thursday, 23 December 2021 11:07

Revolutionary changes to come? The Red Sea Film Festival

Written by Rita Di Santo

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Rita di Santo reviews the Red Sea Film Festival In a country where cinema had been banned for 35 years, the staging of a new film festival is an occasion to be celebrated. The first edition of the Red Sea Film Festival took place on December 6 -15 in the…

Brighton 4th Europa Yuni Farha Becoming Fay's Palette

Monday, 20 December 2021 16:58

Breaking the glass ceiling: Interview with Haifaa Al-Mansour, the first female Saudi director

Written by Rita Di Santo

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Rita Di Santo interviews Haifaa Al-Mansour the first female Saudi director, at the Red Sea Film Festival Haifaa Al-Mansour does not need much introduction. She is a woman who is making history: the first female filmmaker from Saudi Arabia. Her first feature Wadjda (2012), filmed while hiding in the back…

Friday, 05 November 2021 12:36

'With art, you change people': Sara Shazli’s Back Home

Written by Rita Di Santo

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Emerging filmmaker Sara Shazli’s Back Home had its world premiere at the El Gouna Film Festival. Twenty-eight years-old, she is the daughter of filmmaker and producer Marianne Khoury, who was the niece and long-time collaborator of Youssef Chahine. Back Home was filmed during the pandemic and sees Sara going back…

El Gouna

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Films

The revolution introduced me to art, and art, in its own turn, brought me to the revolution.

Culture for All: Why Film Matters

Marlene Dietrich: anti-fascist and a role model for women's emancipation

Not so Black and White: Belfast in the 1960s

A powerful statement about poverty and class struggle: The Gravedigger's Wife

'My movies are about class inequality': Rita Di Santo interviews Alejandra Márquez Abella

Charles Dickens, social realist cinema and the need for a humanist, critical and writerly eye

Macbeth, directed by Joel Coen

Revolutionary changes to come? The Red Sea Film Festival

Breaking the glass ceiling: Interview with Haifaa Al-Mansour, the first female Saudi director

'With art, you change people': Sara Shazli’s Back Home

Captains of Zaatari: An El Gouna Film festival documentary on refugees and their right to dream

Natural Light’s Dénes Nagy at the El Gouna Film festival

Kill-Gang Curtain: On 'Night of the Living Dead'

No Time To Think: The Changing Geopolitics of International Blockbusters