Cannes Interview: Wanuri Kahiu on her film Rafiki and the future of African cinema
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Rafiki director Wanuri Kahiu comes from a line of strong, forward-thinking women. Her mother, a doctor, was one of the first... Read More
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Ryan Coogler Talk Highlights Importance of Visibility and the Business of Filmmaking
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Ryan Coogler is the king. Of box office, that is. When his adaptation of the Marvel’s Black Panther comic book series... Read More
Cannes Review: Kirill Serebrennikov’s arthouse crowdpleaser ‘Leto’
Kirill Serebrennikov’s LETO is a tribute to music, dreams of youth and the power – and beauty of ambition. Despite a masterful and at times... Read More
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 played in the festival’s most... Read More
Cannes Review: Wanuri Kahiu’s touching if familiar lesbian romance ‘Rafiki’
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Kena, short for Makena (played by Samantha Mugatsia) lives in the Slopes district of Nairobi, Kenya with her at-home mom and... Read More
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 deliver a remarkable feature about... Read More
Cannes Review: Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Everybody Knows’ is too safe and too slow to engage
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Everybody Knows opens in an aging bell and clock tower of a quiet Spanish town. There are names of teenage paramours... Read More
Cannes Podcast #1: Festival preview with guest Aaron Locke
In this very first AwardsWatch Cannes Podcast, I am joined by Aaron Locke, who will be attending the festival for the first time. This will... Read More
Christopher Nolan, Ryan Coogler among 2018 Cannes Film Festival ‘Rendez-vous with’ sessions
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Four masterclasses with directors Christopher Nolan and Ryan Coogler and actors John Travolta and newly minted Oscar-winner Gary Oldman will share... Read More
2019 Oscars: From Spain’s ‘Everybody Knows’ to South Korea’s ‘Burning’ – 16 Foreign Language Films to Keep an Eye on at Cannes
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] With just 10 days to go until the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, it’s time to look at the... Read More
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