By Larry Portis. The Mediterranean film festival held in Montpellier during the last nine days of October saw the projection of more than 250 films, selected from the more than 800 received. The films came from all parts of the Mediterranean basin, this year including 23 countries along its shores […]
Katalin Varga (Peter Strickland, Romania/UK, 2009)
By Kierran Horner. Over a black screen, sub-titles translate a raised voice; “Open up. Police”, repeated, cut, and a camera sits on someone’s shoulder as they open a door to reveal the sneering, lupine mug of a man with, what seems to be, cranial-mange, surrounded by other assorted, skin-headed aggressors. […]
Directory of World Cinema: France, CFP
February 7, 2011
The Directory of World Cinema: France, editors Tim Palmer and Charlie Michael (Intellect, 2011) is nearing completion and has made a final call for papers. Please read below for more information, if you are interested. Writers are encouraged to submit 1000-word analyses of a title taken from the following list […]
Film Scratches Blog #1
By Liza Palmer, Review Section Editor. Welcome to a new Film International website and my new blog, Film Scratches. I look forward to using this venue to communicate with Film International readers, as well as my reviewers. Expect to find here, in future installments: reviews of contemporary independent and avant-garde […]