“When I was sixteen or seventeen, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a playwright. But everything I wrote, I thought was weak. And I can remember falling asleep in tears because I had no talent the way I wanted to have.” ―Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola represents the ultimate gamble in cinema. He is a filmmaker who has risked his personal fortune, his health, and his reputation to ensure that his vision remained uncompromised. To look at his career is to see a ' ...
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Phil Lord and Chris Miller adapte Andy Weir's bestseller ‘Project Hail Mary’ with Ryan Gosling and Sandra Hüller as a grand science fiction adventure – somewhere between a cosmic Robinsonade and a light-hearted family film. It begins with one of the oldest motifs in literature: A man awakens alone, cut off from the world, forced to make sense of where he is, who he is, and what he must do to survive. In Project Hail Mary, Ryland Grace - played by Ryan Gosling - opens his eyes to find himself ' ...
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By the time this article reaches readers, “The Secret Agent”, the latest film by Kleber Mendonça Filho, may already have secured yet another historic achievement for Brazilian cinema. Winner of the Best Director award, Best Actor for Wagner Moura, and the FIPRESCI Prize at the most recent Cannes Film Festival, the film repeated a rare accomplishment previously achieved by Walter Salles’s “I’m Still Here”: a nomination not only for Best International Feature Film, but also for Best Picture in the Academy Awards’ main category. The feat underscores the remarkable moment ' ...
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Filmmaker Tanim Noor gained notable success with Utshob, a film that connected with audiences through its honesty and relatability. His ambitious new project, Bonolota Express, released during the Eid vacation, is now running abroad and receiving a similarly strong response. In this exclusive interview for Cut to Cinema, conducted by Md Rabbi Islam, Noor reflects on storytelling and cinema. Mr. Noor, before we talk about the “how,” let’s talk about the “why.” What is cinema to you? Is it a mirror to our world, or is ' ...
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The residence of celebrated Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, a Palme d’Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival, has been damaged following an airstrike in Tehran’s Chizar district. His son, Ahmad Kiarostami, confirmed the incident, stating: “Last night, the Chizar neighborhood was bombed, where both my mother's and my father's houses are located. Last night, my mother called and, in a shaky and broken voice, gave me news of her well-being, but this morning I learned that my father's house was damaged.” Reflecting on the home’s personal significance, Kiarostami’s eldest son added: “I ' ...
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