The phrase
"international cinema" refers to movies that come from different countries around the world. It includes films made outside of the United States or Hollywood. These movies often showcase different cultures, languages, and storytelling techniques, providing a broader and more diverse perspective in the world of filmmaking.
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Because Ben Wheatley is one of the more exciting names
in international cinema right now, hopping between genres with ease and delivering films that are truly distinct.
This season, it stakes itself out as a player in
contemporary international cinema with the release of two acclaimed foreign films: Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale (due December 1) and, this week, Matteo Garrone's sprawling docu - realist drama Gomorrah (Criterion).
Chock full of blood, outlawry, and moral ambiguity, it's the ideal terrain for the two, who
took international cinema by surprise with the prison drama Ghosts... of the Civil Dead in 1988 and then re-teamed for the Australian pseudo-western The Proposition in 2005.
The Oscars consistently ignore or actively ghettoise the
best international cinema in favour of mainstream American or British cinema, regardless of quality.
It's a real loss because «Demon» is the work of a man who clearly would have made an impact
on international cinema.
Jacques Rivette's Out 1 (Kino Lorber / Carlotta, Blu - ray + DVD) has been one of the Holy Grails of
international cinema since its premier screening in 1971.
For that matter, if academy voters took
international cinema seriously, they might have spared a thought for Beya, a Congolese woman who had never acted on - screen before giving her mesmerizing performance in «Félicité» (shortlisted as Senegal's entry for the foreign - language film Oscar).
The Belgian brothers Jean - Pierre and Luc Dardenne have twice
won international cinema's highest honor (for 1999's «Rosetta» and 2005's «L'enfant»), which is a testament to the consistency of their output.
Best of the fest: The AFI FEST 2011, the American Film Institute's annual celebration of
international cinema from modern masters and emerging filmmakers, starts Nov. 3 with Clint Eastwood's «J. Edgar,» starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
The short categories are usually
where international cinema gets to compete on equal footing with US fare, but unless the japey, clever - cleverness of Australian entry The Eleven O'Clock — an amusingly ambiguous shrink - versus - patient riff — triumphs on the basis of its tonal light relief, it seems like a solemn, inward - looking year.
There are many highlights, of course, and a couple of competitive sections; one
for international cinema and the other for films from Ibero - America.
In the meantime I'm editing a series of monographs for the University of Illinois, a project concerned with contemporary directors
of international cinema.
Complete with nearly 100 film screenings, filmmaker Q&A sessions, parties and events, the festival will showcase the best in current American and
International cinema.
Featuring independent,
international cinema and old classic flicks and home to the Florida Film Festival, Enzian Theatre is an outdoor, member - supported cinema with a café known as Eden Bar.
Federico Fellini was one of the leading figures of
the international cinema in the 1960s, whose dreamlike images and indelible characters made La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, and Juliet of the Spirits among the most acclaimed films of that era.
The Telegraph's Robbie Collin find it «sensual and lyrical, tremendously well acted, heavy in visual and verbal metaphor, and so ablaze with pastoral beauty that the hillsides and forests seem to glow with their own amber light,» and Eric Kohn of Indiewire agrees, claiming the film «maintains a visual sophistication unparalleled in
international cinema.»
Gerard Depardieu, the mountain man of
international cinema, plays the suspect, who is taken in by police when he is found running in the rain near the death site.
The Los Angeles Film Festival showcases the best in new American and
international cinema, and is produced by Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that also produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards and Film Independent at LACMA Film Series.
Next up is the Narrative Feature Competition, a juried competition featuring the best of
international cinema.
As I was a young film fan growing up in a VCR-less household in rural England, my access to
international cinema was limited to whatever was playing on the (then) four channels of network television.
The Festival was then expanded to ten days and included a sidebar of
international cinema.
So what lies in store for Queensland cinephiles throughout ten glorious days of the best that
international cinema has to offer?
From the film's uniquely garish visual compositions (courtesy of cinematographer Christopher Doyle), to its mature and intimate treatment of the main characters» homosexuality, Happy Together is an important film in Hong Kong Second Wave film and
international cinema in the past twenty years.
Dedicated to showcasing the finest American and
international cinema the world has to offer, its mission is to bridge the gap between independent film audiences and filmmakers, as well as to connect emerging filmmakers with established industry professionals.
The Festival's line - up will again highlight the Independent Feature Film Competition, premieres,
international cinema, tributes, retrospective programs, and panel discussions with leading figures from the film industry.
Led by ICS president Cédric Succivalli, each year the ICS honors the finest in American and
international cinema.
«Weisz and McAdams are so natural in their performances -LSB-...] With «Disobedience» Lelio continues to establish himself as an important new voice in
international cinema.
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is dedicated to discovering and showcasing the best in independent and
international cinema.
It will be a pleasure to open this year's Festival with such an accomplished film from one of
international cinema's finest film makers.
Personally, I have yet to see any meaningful dialogue between mumblecore and
the international cinema, but that's another subject.
Other films on my list were important signifiers of alternative cinema, or remarkable instances of
international cinema.
Fandor, the online community that allows audiences to watch a broad array of independent and
international cinema, is getting a new CEO, and that man is film veteran Ted Hope.
Andreï Zvyagintsev — Russian Director, writer Multi-award winning filmmaker Andreï Zvyagintsev has already become one of the most respected directors in Russian and
international cinema.
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage Details: 1970, Arrow Video Rated: Unrated The lowdown: Dario Argento made his directorial debut with this «giallo» genre thriller that brought the Italian filmmaker to the attention of
the international cinema community.
This spirit of fusion between American and
international cinema is on display in many of the festival's films, like The 33, a Chilean - American production that dramatizes Chile's 2010 Copiapó mining accident.