Raw, raging realism clashes with melodramatic contrivance in Moussa Sène Absa’s “Xalé,” and that’s before a theatrical chorus of women seizes the screen to comment on the unfolding tragedy. The latest film from the veteran Senegalese director blends narrative styles and traditions with abandon, running the gamut from local folklore to Western-style soap opera, in an effort to make its tale of female subjugation and self-liberation as stretchily universal as possible. If that makes “Xalé” uneven practically by design, it’s consistently, colorfully diverting and honestly felt — it’s not hard to see why Senegalese selectors tapped it as the country’s international Oscar submission this year, though it lacks the finesse and political complexity of their recent, shortlisted entries “Atlantics” and “Félicité.”
In a market still largely unaccommodating of sub-Saharan African cinema, those films benefited from competition berths at Cannes and Berlin respectively. Having quietly premiered at...
In a market still largely unaccommodating of sub-Saharan African cinema, those films benefited from competition berths at Cannes and Berlin respectively. Having quietly premiered at...
- 10/26/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Keep track of all the submissions for best international feature at the 2023 Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is...
Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is...
- 10/4/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
There are a lot of very promising sci-fi movies coming out this year, and Upside Down is definitely one of the few that I’m looking forward to that little bit more than the rest.
With Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst leading the cast, that’s pretty much all I need to know. But it helps that the film has a brilliant premise, and the visuals to match it.
The first Us trailer finally debuted earlier in the year, and we’ve since seen a new featurette and the first clip surface. And now the first TV spot has been released, interestingly featuring two behind-the-scenes interview moments with Sturgess and Dunst, giving us a great sixty-second look at the upcoming sci-fi/romantic drama.
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with...
With Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst leading the cast, that’s pretty much all I need to know. But it helps that the film has a brilliant premise, and the visuals to match it.
The first Us trailer finally debuted earlier in the year, and we’ve since seen a new featurette and the first clip surface. And now the first TV spot has been released, interestingly featuring two behind-the-scenes interview moments with Sturgess and Dunst, giving us a great sixty-second look at the upcoming sci-fi/romantic drama.
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with...
- 3/8/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Upside Down has long been one of our most anticipated upcoming films, and we were really glad to hear that Millennium had acquired it late last year for a March release date in the Us.
Of all the original movies getting released this year, I think this and Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel are the two I’m most looking forward to.
The first Us trailer and poster finally made their way online last month, and now the first official clip has debuted over on Facebook, giving us a look at a gravity-defying moment between our leads, Adam (Jim Sturgess) and Eden (Kirsten Dunst).
“In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?...
Of all the original movies getting released this year, I think this and Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel are the two I’m most looking forward to.
The first Us trailer and poster finally made their way online last month, and now the first official clip has debuted over on Facebook, giving us a look at a gravity-defying moment between our leads, Adam (Jim Sturgess) and Eden (Kirsten Dunst).
“In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?...
- 2/27/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Led by Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst, Upside Down is by far one of my most anticipated films of 2013. The film mixes sci-fi, drama, and romance, and the films that do that are few and far between. And even fewer have a leading cast like Sturgess and Dunst.
The first Us trailer and poster finally debuted last month. And with its release in the States just under a month away, Apple have debuted a new featurette for Upside Down, giving us a look behind the scenes of the film.
“In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?”
Starring alongside Dunst and Sturgess will be Timothy Spall.
Juan Diego Solanas...
The first Us trailer and poster finally debuted last month. And with its release in the States just under a month away, Apple have debuted a new featurette for Upside Down, giving us a look behind the scenes of the film.
“In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?”
Starring alongside Dunst and Sturgess will be Timothy Spall.
Juan Diego Solanas...
- 2/19/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
To say that I can’t wait for the release of Upside Down would be an enormous understatement. Led by a brilliant pairing of Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst, we had been hoping to see its arrival before the end of last year. And whilst that was sadly not to be, we finally heard back in October that Millennium had acquired it for release in the States this year.
With its Us release date now set for March, the first Us trailer and poster have debuted over at Yahoo Movies, giving us another exceptional look at what promises to be one of the year’s best films.
“Kept apart from the girl he has loved his entire life; Adam must fight to reunite with Eden. But the laws of his world as well as the laws of gravity keep him from her. Adam must risk everything to access the forbidden...
With its Us release date now set for March, the first Us trailer and poster have debuted over at Yahoo Movies, giving us another exceptional look at what promises to be one of the year’s best films.
“Kept apart from the girl he has loved his entire life; Adam must fight to reunite with Eden. But the laws of his world as well as the laws of gravity keep him from her. Adam must risk everything to access the forbidden...
- 1/25/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
From Director Juan Solanas, watch this Inception-like trailer for Upside Down, starring Jim Sturgess & Kirsten Dunst. So fabulous to see more smart films coming to the cinemas deriving from the world of science-fiction!
Synopsis:
Adam is a seemingly ordinary guy in a very extraordinary universe. He lives humbly trying to make ends meet, but his romantic spirit holds on to the memory of a girl he met once upon a time from another world, an inverted affluent world with its own gravity, directly above but beyond reach.a girl named Eve. Their childhood flirtation becomes an impossible love. But when he catches a glimpse of grownup Eve on television, nothing will get in the way of getting her back. Not even the law or science!
Written by Juan Solanas, Santiago Amigorena & Pierre Magny, Upside Down will be in theaters in 2012.
Synopsis:
Adam is a seemingly ordinary guy in a very extraordinary universe. He lives humbly trying to make ends meet, but his romantic spirit holds on to the memory of a girl he met once upon a time from another world, an inverted affluent world with its own gravity, directly above but beyond reach.a girl named Eve. Their childhood flirtation becomes an impossible love. But when he catches a glimpse of grownup Eve on television, nothing will get in the way of getting her back. Not even the law or science!
Written by Juan Solanas, Santiago Amigorena & Pierre Magny, Upside Down will be in theaters in 2012.
- 1/3/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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