Life, Hopes and Stepping Stones
Romanian film ''Child's Pose'' directed by Calin Peter Netzer and starring the great Luminita Gheorghiu, Florin Zamfirescu, Ilinca Goia amongst many other talented artists, won the most important prize at this year's International Francophone Film Festival in Namur, Belgium. Already awarded the Golden Bear at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival, the film ''Child's Pose''... Continue Reading →
Soon after the fall of communism, a new generation of filmmakers has risen. Young, cinema passionate and eager to produce quality in spite of low-budgets, lack of support and low cinema interest in their country, Romanian directors found a way to prove their talent which finally paid off when more Romanian productions became critically acclaimed... Continue Reading →
'Midnight in Paris' is a romantic fantasy created by the one and only Woody Allen. Starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Adrien Brody and French First Lady,Carla Bruni, the plot reveals an American family visiting Paris. From the outset, Allen creates a world of contrasts; Gill is a day-dreamer Hollywood screenwriter struggling to finish... Continue Reading →
One way to ‘read’ and analyse films is to situate them into their historical and cultural context, to see how they fit into specific genres and promote certain ideological positions. Within the Marxian tradition, Marx and Engels initially characterized ideology as the ideas of the ruling class. Alternatively, Althusser (cited in Comolli and Narboni 1969... Continue Reading →
On the 26th of March 2012, the Romanian Film Promotion Association organised the 6th edition of the GOPO Movie Awards. Designed as the Romanian version of the US Academy Awards, The GOPOs reward the best contemporary filmakers and pay a tribute to national film industry legends. Established in 2007 and named after the Romanian film... Continue Reading →
The vast majority of Hollywood film productions are considered to be mainstream for a number of reasons: they are produced on high budgets and will always target mass audiences; the cast will include well-known actors and film stars who generate publicity; they will guarantee a staggering commercial success and consequently produce millions of dollars in... Continue Reading →
The auteurship theory praises the director for being the personal creative and artistic vision behind a film. Etherington-Wright and Doughty (2011 p 3) also explain that an auteur’s films shall be regarded collectively ‘as a body of work sharing common themes or techniques’ which express a particular style and perspective. Martin Scorsese is one of... Continue Reading →
1. 'A trip to the Moon' (1902) ‘Voyage dans la Lune’ or ‘A Trip to the Moon’ is considered to be the first science fiction story in the history of cinema. The black and white silent masterpiece was created in 1902 by French director and magician Georges Melies and based its plot on the story... Continue Reading →
Directed by Robert Wiene,the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is one of the most influential of German Expressionist films and is often considered one of the greatest horror movies of the silent era. Although, it might be considered fairly dull and boring by people, given nowadays standards of film making, the meaning of the movie goes... Continue Reading →
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