LORCAN FINNEGAN talks to Dial M for Movie on his latest film THE SURFER, starring Nicolas Cage!

Lorcan Finnegan is one of the few directors that we do our best to follow their every project, and it’s not only because he casts many of our favourite actors and actresses in his movies: Niamh Algar (in Without Name), Jesse Eisenberg (Vivarium), Eva Green, Mark Strong (in Nocebo) and Nicolas Cage in this year’s … Okumaya devam et LORCAN FINNEGAN talks to Dial M for Movie on his latest film THE SURFER, starring Nicolas Cage!

THE GODFATHER Trilogy: Crime, Family and Politics

I’m going to be completely honest: when I first watched The Godfather (1972), it didn’t move me. I couldn’t understand the rules and logic of the Godfather universe, nothing seemed reasonable to me. Then I started taking notes, because I had to understand. I wasn’t going to let my pacifist brain get in the way … Okumaya devam et THE GODFATHER Trilogy: Crime, Family and Politics

Dark Hands in the Shadow of a City: HOLY SPIDER

In this review, we will be talking about the 2022 production Holy Spider, which has been very popular in the past months. Set in the holy city of Iran, Mashhad, the film was directed by Ali Abbasi, whom we know best from the 2018 film Border. Of course, we would like to add that Holy … Okumaya devam et Dark Hands in the Shadow of a City: HOLY SPIDER

BONES and ALL: Finding Oneself in the Battle of Survival

Luca Guadagnino, who gained a worldwide reputation with Call Me by Your Name (2017), worked with Timothée Chalamet this year again in Bones and All, just like he did in its predecessor which was the center of attention after its release. Turned into a script from American writer Camille DeAngelis's novel Bones & All which … Okumaya devam et BONES and ALL: Finding Oneself in the Battle of Survival

PIAFFE – Surrealism is my Body

When the existence of an abstract body built on the skin defined by dictionaries shares the same vital cell with its host, Ann Oren’s “Piaffe” (2022) opens many doors for concrete dreams, while hypnagogic images proceed in the manner of an intervention of a "chance of a surrealist order". Throughout the film, we breathe with … Okumaya devam et PIAFFE – Surrealism is my Body

ANATOMY of TIME [IFFR-11]

Anatomy of Time (2021), a movie written and directed by Thai director Jakrawal Nilthamrong, focuses on two different phases of a woman’s life, Meam, which is portrayed by Prapamonton Eiamchan (young Meam) and Thaveeratana Leelanuja (older Meam). During her youth, she spends time with her father who deeply cares about clocks and earns a living … Okumaya devam et ANATOMY of TIME [IFFR-11]

PETIT AMI PARFAIT: Perspective on Women and Real-Self Through Virtual Games [IFFR-09]

Petit Ami Parfait (Perfect Boyfriend, 2022), directed by Kaori Kinoshita and Alain Della Negra and produced by Ecce Films (France) was on the Harbour program of this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). It has been created between documentary and drama; thus the film has been divided into real-life and digital identities. We can sum … Okumaya devam et PETIT AMI PARFAIT: Perspective on Women and Real-Self Through Virtual Games [IFFR-09]

THE PLAINS: The Beginning of the Journey is at Mind’s Realm [IFFR-08]

Playing a kind of time thief in the most visible part of the city that will make you completely unclothed, The Plains (2022) is looking for someone to share this theft in daily life. While thoughts about the spirit of memories embrace the birth of many rooms in the mind, there are topics that we … Okumaya devam et THE PLAINS: The Beginning of the Journey is at Mind’s Realm [IFFR-08]

A HUMAN POSITION (2022) – Unnatural Spaces of Perspective Dissonances [IFFR-07]

As soon as we turn our cheeks and completely blind our eyes, our tongue appears before us like a prey waiting to be bitten. A Human Position (2022), which focuses on the poetics and daimon of space rather than the body itself – which its name refers to – is in pursuit of its Stimmungun … Okumaya devam et A HUMAN POSITION (2022) – Unnatural Spaces of Perspective Dissonances [IFFR-07]

SPLENDID ISOLATION: Beaches Made of Human Body Where We Are Buried with Our Wounds [IFFR-05]

Splendid Isolation (2022), which embarks us on a journey to search for the traces of what happened before, occupies our minds with the definition of the concept of home. The most important consideration that increases the tension in the film is the fact that the body tries to hug its soul and starts to build … Okumaya devam et SPLENDID ISOLATION: Beaches Made of Human Body Where We Are Buried with Our Wounds [IFFR-05]