Mina Takla

2019 Oscars: A Look at Latin American Films in This Year’s Foreign Language Oscar Race

Our weekly Foreign Language Film Oscar race analysis pieces are back! For the next eight weeks, we will be taking… Read More

October 22, 2018

A Cry From the Heart: An interview with ‘Capernaum’ director Nadine Labaki

Nadine Labaki With CAPERNAUM, Nadine Labaki has captured the hearts of audiences across the globe. From Cannes (where the film… Read More

September 11, 2018

Cannes Review: Kore-eda’s unforgettable ‘Shoplifters’ is his best film to date

SHOPLIFTERS, from Hirokazu Kore-eda (courtesy Cannes Film Festival) SHOPLIFTERS is Hirokazu Kore-eda’s best film to date, and one of the… Read More

May 15, 2018

Cannes Review: Gaya Jiji’s glacially paced tale of sexual repression ‘My Favorite Fabric’

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] Gaya Jiji’s directorial debut MY FAVORITE FABRIC is an undercooked, lacking melodrama that takes points for… Read More

May 13, 2018

Cannes Review: Zhao Tao is a Best Actress Contender in ‘Ash is Purest White’ from Jia Zhang-ke

One of the most commercial and straightforward films of his career, Jia Zhang-ke’s ASH IS PUREST WHITE is accessible but… Read More

May 13, 2018

Cannes Review: Mads Mikkelsen burns up the screen in icy ‘Arctic’

Survival films can go either way: they can be engaging viewing experiences that expand their scope beyond their basic premise… Read More

May 12, 2018

Cannes Review: Pawel Pawlikowski’s bleak and beautiful ‘Cold War’

Joanna Kulig in Pawel Pawlikowski’s COLD WAR (courtesy Cannes Film Festival) Pawel Pawlikowski’s COLD WAR is one of those films… Read More

May 11, 2018

Cannes Review: Kirill Serebrennikov’s arthouse crowdpleaser ‘Leto’

LETO, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov (courtesy Cannes Film Festival) Kirill Serebrennikov’s LETO is a tribute to music, dreams of youth… Read More

May 10, 2018

Cannes Review: A.B. Shawky’s gripping and emotional debut ‘Yomeddine’

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] Rarely do debut features play in competition at Cannes. In fact, of the debut features that… Read More

May 9, 2018

Cannes Review: Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego’s immersive and unforgettable ‘Birds of Passage’

In his follow-up to the Oscar-nominated EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, Colombian director Ciro Guerra teams up with director Cristina Gallego to… Read More

May 9, 2018

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