Aug 1, 2017
LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL honours the legendary French director JACQUES TOURNEUR (1904-1977) in celebration of its 70th Anniversary this year, taking place in the town's splendid GranRex Cinema.
Jacques Tourneur (1904-1977) is...
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Jul 30, 2017
Known for its edgy and eclectic selection of international independent titles, LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL this year celebrates its 70th Anniversary in the town’s Piazza Grande in temperatures that often sizzle...
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May 14, 2017
Dir.: Feng Xiaogang; Cast: Fan Bingbing, Guo Tao, Da Peng Zhang Jiayi; China 2016, 138 min.
Director Feng Xiaogang (Back to 1942) and writer Zhenyun mock the Party bureaucrats but fail...
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Aug 15, 2016
Director: Andrzej Zulawski
France/Portugal Comedy 100mins
Andrzej Zulawski gets in and amongst it with COSMOS, his first feature in 15 years. This French-language adaptation of Witold Gombrowicz’s 1965 novel is a top-to-bottom...
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Aug 10, 2016
Director: Xavier Koller
Cast: Necmettin Cobanoglu, Nur Surer, Emin Sivas, Erdinc Akbas
110min | drama | Turkish
Swiss director Xavier Koller's road movie was the first in the crop of immigration stories that...
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Aug 9, 2016
Director: Pierre Bismuth
With: Ed Rushca, Michael Scott, DV DeVincentis, Anthony Peckham, Mike White
97min | Doc | US
Well known artist Ed Ruscha made an unusual piece of art in 1979 that...
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May 3, 2016
Dir.: Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Cast: Max Brebant, Roxanne Duran, Julie-Marie Parmentier
France/Belgium/Spain 2015, 81 min.
It is nearly eleven years since Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s memorable debut feature Innocence, which dealt with a teenage girl in a...
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Apr 10, 2016
The Barbican is delighted to present New East Cinema, a new bi-monthly film series accompanied by ScreenTalks, which begin in April 2016. The series is a collaboration between the Barbican...
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Feb 24, 2016
Director: Josh Mond
USA Drama 88mins
Having produced the likes of MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE (2011) and SIMON KILLER (2012), Josh Mond makes his directorial feature debut with JAMES WHITE, whose bland,...
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