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There are three films in development right now about the impressive historical figure Gertrude Bell (aka the 'female Lawrence of Arabia') by these three directors- Ridley Scott, Werner Herzog and...
On July 24, the Latin American premier for HELI (2013) by Mexican director Amat Escalante took place at the Guanajuato International Film Festival in Mexico. Anyone who has seen the film agrees that...
The Deflowering of Eva Van End by Dutch filmmaker Michiel ten Horn is a quirky comedy reminiscent of the American hit Little Miss Sunshine (2006). The Deflowering of Eva Van End is a smart...
The winner of this year’s Aruba Flavor Shorts at the 4th annual Aruba International Film Festival (AIFF) is newcomer Mexican/American director Leonardo Aguirre for his film Back of Beyond...
Peruvian director Adrián Saba’s breakout first feature film ‘The Cleaner’ (‘El Limpiador’, 2012) has won multiple awards (including the prestigious the New Voices/New Visions award at the Palm...
When I met Sebastián Lelio it was under the influence of ‘Carpathia’ vodka and in the bowels of a dark Transylvanian nightclub. Sebastian, myself, and a group of others were dancing our booties...
At the Cannes film market during the 66th Cannes Film Festival, I thought it would be interesting to interview an international buyer from one of the hottest (and rapidly transforming)...
SAMSARA (2011) by filmmakers Ron Fricke and producer Mark Magidson is the follow-up to the epic non-narrative film BARAKA (1992), which made cinematic history twenty years ago with its...
‘Paradise: Love’ (‘Paradies: Liebe’, 2012). No one comments about sexual tourism when it deals with men traveling to foreign countries for bargain sex (Amsterdam, Brazil, Thailand, Japan, etc.,...
painting: The Titian painting Venus with a Mirror, from which Severin gets the idea of Venus in furs. 'Venus with a Penis' by Vanessa McMahon. Based on the 1870 Austrian novella ‘Venus im Pelz’...
