Atoms & Void, the Netherlands-based production and sales company run by Sergei Loznitsa and Maria Choustova, has closed a French sale on Loznitsa’s most recent feature documentary “The Invasion,” which premiered on Thursday as a Special Screening in Cannes. Potemkine Films has taken all rights for France, while the film’s French co-producer Arte France maintains its exclusive TV/VOD window.
“The Invasion” arrives 10 years after the release of Sergei Loznitsa’s epic “Maidan,” which chronicled the Ukrainian uprising.
In his latest feature documentary, Loznitsa returns to Ukraine to chronicle his country’s struggle against the Russian invasion. Shot over a two-year period, the film portrays the life of the civilian population all over Ukraine – from Lviv and Odessa to Kyiv and Dnipro – and presents a statement of Ukrainian resilience in the face of a barbaric invasion. In the second part of his Ukrainian diptych, Loznitsa paints a monumental...
“The Invasion” arrives 10 years after the release of Sergei Loznitsa’s epic “Maidan,” which chronicled the Ukrainian uprising.
In his latest feature documentary, Loznitsa returns to Ukraine to chronicle his country’s struggle against the Russian invasion. Shot over a two-year period, the film portrays the life of the civilian population all over Ukraine – from Lviv and Odessa to Kyiv and Dnipro – and presents a statement of Ukrainian resilience in the face of a barbaric invasion. In the second part of his Ukrainian diptych, Loznitsa paints a monumental...
- 5/19/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Marleen Slot will take over from Antoine Simkine in April 2024.
European network Ace Producers has appointed Dutch producer Marleen Slot as its new president, effective from April 19, 2024.
Slot will take over from current president Antoine Simkine, who has held the role since 2018.
Slot will work closely with Ace director Jacobine van der Vloed in developing Ace’s vision and strategy.
A member of Ace Producers since she participated in the Ace 19 programme in 2009, Slot’s involvement with the producers network has included as a speaker, consultant and expert. She is currently serving as vice-president and is a board member for Ace Producers.
European network Ace Producers has appointed Dutch producer Marleen Slot as its new president, effective from April 19, 2024.
Slot will take over from current president Antoine Simkine, who has held the role since 2018.
Slot will work closely with Ace director Jacobine van der Vloed in developing Ace’s vision and strategy.
A member of Ace Producers since she participated in the Ace 19 programme in 2009, Slot’s involvement with the producers network has included as a speaker, consultant and expert. She is currently serving as vice-president and is a board member for Ace Producers.
- 10/10/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Come and See: Loznitsa Crafts Overwhelming Nightmare of Modern War-torn Ukraine
Dropping us directly into the wartime propaganda machine of modern-day eastern Ukraine, which has been torn asunder by the local government and pro-Russian separatists, Sergei Loznitsa delivers what’s simultaneously his most accessible and most brutal offering to date with the elliptical, vignette-styled Donbass. In many ways, this post-Orwellian exercise is most reminiscent of Loznitsa’s narrative debut My Joy (2010) in its violent deliberation of multiple characters consumed by a politically unsound landscape which has yielded a constant state of terror, paranoia, and incessant agitprop. Like the cinematic output of many of Loznitsa’s Soviet predecessors, there’s an overwhelming sense of being lost in translation for outsiders as pertains to certain cultural signifiers—and yet, despite the Kafkaesque sinkhole that is his latest, it’s a completely clear-eyed composite of hellish desperation and the contemporary detriments of systemic and unyielding propaganda.
Dropping us directly into the wartime propaganda machine of modern-day eastern Ukraine, which has been torn asunder by the local government and pro-Russian separatists, Sergei Loznitsa delivers what’s simultaneously his most accessible and most brutal offering to date with the elliptical, vignette-styled Donbass. In many ways, this post-Orwellian exercise is most reminiscent of Loznitsa’s narrative debut My Joy (2010) in its violent deliberation of multiple characters consumed by a politically unsound landscape which has yielded a constant state of terror, paranoia, and incessant agitprop. Like the cinematic output of many of Loznitsa’s Soviet predecessors, there’s an overwhelming sense of being lost in translation for outsiders as pertains to certain cultural signifiers—and yet, despite the Kafkaesque sinkhole that is his latest, it’s a completely clear-eyed composite of hellish desperation and the contemporary detriments of systemic and unyielding propaganda.
- 4/4/2022
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Sergei Loznitsa’s Donbass forms a rough trilogy with two of his previous features, My Joy (2010) and A Gentle Creature (2017), offering another social allegory that functions as a bitter criticism of Russia’s contemporary politics. This time, instead of an unidentified Russian setting, the action takes place in the eastern Ukrainian region that gives the film its title, where a Russian-supported war has been ongoing since 2014. Given that Loznitsa is Ukrainian, this change of scenery might explain the added ferocity of his critique, which is extreme enough to make for an acutely oppressive viewing experience.
Donbass‘s world is very similar to the other chapters in this trilogy. The social contract has been so worn away by the invisible powers that be, society has regressed to a state of nature ruled by violence and corruption. That a war is raging doesn’t actually change much, except provide a convenient excuse for abuse,...
Donbass‘s world is very similar to the other chapters in this trilogy. The social contract has been so worn away by the invisible powers that be, society has regressed to a state of nature ruled by violence and corruption. That a war is raging doesn’t actually change much, except provide a convenient excuse for abuse,...
- 5/19/2018
- by Giovanni Marchini Camia
- The Film Stage
Danish director Lars von Trier is returning to the Cannes fold with his serial-killer drama “The House That Jack Built” after seven years of banishment from the festival, while Terry Gilliam’s long-gestating, problem-plagued “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” is set to close the event, organizers announced Thursday. Both films will screen out of competition.
Cannes also added two sophomore outings to the competition lineup – Yann Gonzalez’s “Knife + Heart” and Sergei Dvortsevoy’s “The Little One” – plus Palme d’Or winning filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “The Wild Pear Tree.” “Whitney,” Kevin Macdonald’s documentary on singer Whitney Houston, has been set as a Midnight Screening, as has HBO’s new adaptation of “Fahrenheit 451,” directed by Ramin Bahrani and starring Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon – the latest television project to screen at Cannes.
Artistic director Thierry Fremaux had hinted that von Trier would return to the...
Cannes also added two sophomore outings to the competition lineup – Yann Gonzalez’s “Knife + Heart” and Sergei Dvortsevoy’s “The Little One” – plus Palme d’Or winning filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “The Wild Pear Tree.” “Whitney,” Kevin Macdonald’s documentary on singer Whitney Houston, has been set as a Midnight Screening, as has HBO’s new adaptation of “Fahrenheit 451,” directed by Ramin Bahrani and starring Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon – the latest television project to screen at Cannes.
Artistic director Thierry Fremaux had hinted that von Trier would return to the...
- 4/19/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Manolo Blahnik in the documentary Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes For Lizards. Courtesy of Music Box Films.
There is a quote near beginning of the documentary Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes For Lizards from Marilyn Monroe: “Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.” Designer Manolo Blahnik seems to have taken that message to heart.
Manolo Blahnik, white-haired, sharp-tongued, fussily dressed, with round black frame glasses, seems to barely tolerate being photographed, telling him the film is “taking as long to make as Gone With The Wind.” The scene which sets up a snapshot of his personality – funny, sharp-witted, not suffering fools gladly – and restless nature. A quick montage of celebrities touting his shoes is capped by the filmmaker coaxing Manolo to tell an oft-told tale. When he was a boy growing up in Spain’s Canary Islands, he would make shoes for lizards.
There is a quote near beginning of the documentary Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes For Lizards from Marilyn Monroe: “Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.” Designer Manolo Blahnik seems to have taken that message to heart.
Manolo Blahnik, white-haired, sharp-tongued, fussily dressed, with round black frame glasses, seems to barely tolerate being photographed, telling him the film is “taking as long to make as Gone With The Wind.” The scene which sets up a snapshot of his personality – funny, sharp-witted, not suffering fools gladly – and restless nature. A quick montage of celebrities touting his shoes is capped by the filmmaker coaxing Manolo to tell an oft-told tale. When he was a boy growing up in Spain’s Canary Islands, he would make shoes for lizards.
- 10/6/2017
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This year’s New York Film Festival has just unveiled a slew of Special Events to round out its already full-to-bursting lineup, and it includes some late-breaking entries to previously announced sections and a selection of brand new events that are very special indeed. Highlights include a trio of documentary premieres, including Susan Lacy’s “Spielberg” (focused on the eponymous director, with both Lacy and her subject set to appear at the festival), along with Jennifer Lebeau’s Bob Dylan concert film “Trouble No More,” and Susan Froemke’s “The Opera House,” a history of the Metropolitan Opera and a love letter to the art form that will (appropriately enough) screen at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center.
Other standouts include four brand-new films from Claude Lanzmann, a sparkling new restoration of G.W. Pabst’s “Pandora’s Box.” Elsewhere, Kate Winslet will be on hand for a career-spanning chat...
Other standouts include four brand-new films from Claude Lanzmann, a sparkling new restoration of G.W. Pabst’s “Pandora’s Box.” Elsewhere, Kate Winslet will be on hand for a career-spanning chat...
- 8/28/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Ahhh, it's finally back. Afters two years, Rick and Morty has made its glorious return to Adult Swim, and I do mean glorious. It was an incredible new episode that not only s was funny, but also shows the real issues of having parents get a divorce. My favorite part was the whisper heard in the wind when Jerry did anything in this episode. So many great things, but I digress. My joy was so great, however, that I started searching for more Rick and Morty clips and came across a wonderful gem.
This is a "let's play" video by GlorpDieBlorp. You know, the great viral video let's player. Well, he (she?) somehow got a copy of the new Ten Tuesdays at Tinkles and is playing it. It's pretty entertaining.
Everything about this video is rad. The comments on the side, the expression of GlorpdieBlorp as he plays the game,...
This is a "let's play" video by GlorpDieBlorp. You know, the great viral video let's player. Well, he (she?) somehow got a copy of the new Ten Tuesdays at Tinkles and is playing it. It's pretty entertaining.
Everything about this video is rad. The comments on the side, the expression of GlorpdieBlorp as he plays the game,...
- 7/31/2017
- by Bryam Dayley
- GeekTyrant
After nearly two weeks of viewing some of the best that cinema will have to offer this year, the 70th Cannes Film Festival has concluded. With Ruben Östlund‘s Force Majeure follow-up The Square taking the top jury prize of Palme d’Or (full list of winners here), we’ve set out to wrap up our experience with our favorite films from the festival, which extends to the Un Certain Regard and Directors’ Fortnight side bars. Check out our favorites below, followed by the rest of the reviews. One can also return in the coming months as we learn of distribution news.
120 Beats Per Minute (Robin Campillo)
Sometimes a movie doesn’t need much character development to make an impact. The ensemble cast that comprise Robin Campillo’s AIDS activists in 120 Beats Per Minute all work together to be the same voice. Through this group, the director captures a force...
120 Beats Per Minute (Robin Campillo)
Sometimes a movie doesn’t need much character development to make an impact. The ensemble cast that comprise Robin Campillo’s AIDS activists in 120 Beats Per Minute all work together to be the same voice. Through this group, the director captures a force...
- 5/29/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
“Man is a wolf to his fellow man,” quotes a character early in Sergei Loznitsa’s A Gentle Creature. The ordeal suffered by its protagonist will indeed be solitary, poor, nasty, and brutish – it won’t be short, however. Powerful though bloated, A Gentle Creature is a companion to Loznitsa’s phenomenal first narrative feature, My Joy, once again following a person’s nightmarish odyssey through an allegorical rendition of post-Communist Russia. Though not as successful as its predecessor, Loznitsa’s latest nonetheless confirms the director’s place of honor amongst cinema’s most vociferous critics of Putin’s kingdom.
A Gentle Creature might borrow its title from a short story by Dostoevsky, but the relation between the two is even less apparent than between Loznitsa’s last outing, Austerlitz, and the W.G. Sebald novel of the same name. A much more obvious literary influence is Kafka. In lieu of an impenetrable castle,...
A Gentle Creature might borrow its title from a short story by Dostoevsky, but the relation between the two is even less apparent than between Loznitsa’s last outing, Austerlitz, and the W.G. Sebald novel of the same name. A much more obvious literary influence is Kafka. In lieu of an impenetrable castle,...
- 5/25/2017
- by Giovanni Marchini Camia
- The Film Stage
There's nothing like a mother's love.
Viola Davis took to Instagram on Thursday with a heartfelt message to celebrate the 74th birthday of her mom, Mary Alice Davis.
Exclusive: Viola Davis Opens Up About Her Friendship With Meryl Streep: 'I Always Feel Like She Sees Me'
The 51-year-old actress shared a snap of her mom seated next to a delectable birthday cake, along with a sweet dedication to the woman she affectionately calls her "rock."
"This woman came into the world May 4,1943," Davis wrote. "Of course, I am convinced that the universe shifted that day. I am also convinced that anyone, who has had the honor of meeting her, feels the same way."
"Happy 74 years of life mama," she added. "My love. My joy. My frustration. My rock. Love, love you with every fiber of my being. I thank God for you!"
News: Viola Davis Reveals Why She's Sharing Her 'Only Childhood' Photo
Davis clearly doesn't...
Viola Davis took to Instagram on Thursday with a heartfelt message to celebrate the 74th birthday of her mom, Mary Alice Davis.
Exclusive: Viola Davis Opens Up About Her Friendship With Meryl Streep: 'I Always Feel Like She Sees Me'
The 51-year-old actress shared a snap of her mom seated next to a delectable birthday cake, along with a sweet dedication to the woman she affectionately calls her "rock."
"This woman came into the world May 4,1943," Davis wrote. "Of course, I am convinced that the universe shifted that day. I am also convinced that anyone, who has had the honor of meeting her, feels the same way."
"Happy 74 years of life mama," she added. "My love. My joy. My frustration. My rock. Love, love you with every fiber of my being. I thank God for you!"
News: Viola Davis Reveals Why She's Sharing Her 'Only Childhood' Photo
Davis clearly doesn't...
- 5/4/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Niecy Nash wants everybody to know every body is beautiful.
The Claws actress, 47, shared an empowering body positivity message on Instagram and Twitter Thursday, along with a series of swimsuit-clad mirror selfies.
“I Apologize to myself! I bought a new swimsuit and tried it on last night, then proceeded to Drag Myself – pointing out every ‘flaw’, every bump, lump, scar, ripple and stretch mark,” Nash began her lengthy post.
But then the mother of three reframed her “flaws” as benefits.
“I changed my conversation with myself: These hips caught two husbands (and a few boos), my thighs touch but I...
The Claws actress, 47, shared an empowering body positivity message on Instagram and Twitter Thursday, along with a series of swimsuit-clad mirror selfies.
“I Apologize to myself! I bought a new swimsuit and tried it on last night, then proceeded to Drag Myself – pointing out every ‘flaw’, every bump, lump, scar, ripple and stretch mark,” Nash began her lengthy post.
But then the mother of three reframed her “flaws” as benefits.
“I changed my conversation with myself: These hips caught two husbands (and a few boos), my thighs touch but I...
- 4/28/2017
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Screen’s chief critic and reviews editor Fionnuala Halligan dissects this year’s Competition films.
Welcome to the “huge party” of Cannes 70. If the Official Selection this year is a “lab”, the formula isn’t quite complete - Thierry Fremaux announced 18 films which will compete for the Palme D’Or today, implying that three have yet to arrive (he also hinted that a glaring absence, that of a film from China for the second consecutive year, may yet be rectified; nothing was said however about the absence of a major Hollywood studio thus far).
Read more:
Cannes 2017: Official Selection in full
A total of 1,930 films viewed, the selection process running through to 3am: Cannes 70 will be a “meeting, a vision of the world, and a promise of a better life together”. No small ambition, but the line-up has been warmly greeted by cineastes. Clearly, it isn’t a same-old-names Cannes habitues Competition, although [link=nm...
Welcome to the “huge party” of Cannes 70. If the Official Selection this year is a “lab”, the formula isn’t quite complete - Thierry Fremaux announced 18 films which will compete for the Palme D’Or today, implying that three have yet to arrive (he also hinted that a glaring absence, that of a film from China for the second consecutive year, may yet be rectified; nothing was said however about the absence of a major Hollywood studio thus far).
Read more:
Cannes 2017: Official Selection in full
A total of 1,930 films viewed, the selection process running through to 3am: Cannes 70 will be a “meeting, a vision of the world, and a promise of a better life together”. No small ambition, but the line-up has been warmly greeted by cineastes. Clearly, it isn’t a same-old-names Cannes habitues Competition, although [link=nm...
- 4/13/2017
- by finn.halligan@screendaily.com (Fionnuala Halligan)
- ScreenDaily
The Young Pope production designer Ludovica Ferrario also slated to attend film and TV forum.
Documentary filmmaker Sergey Loznitsa (My Joy), special effects creator Colin Arthur, and HBO executive Steve Matthews are among guests set to attend the sixth Visegrad Film Forum in Slovakia.
Loznitsa’s latest film Austerlitz premiered at Venice last year. Arthur is known for his decades of work in special effects and makeup, with his credits including Class Of The Titans, Conan The Barbarian and The NeverEnding Story.
Matthews is HBO Europe’s vice president and executive producer for drama development, Central Europe, Nordic and Spain; his credits include drama series The Borgias.
Further guests at the forum will include The Young Pope and Youth production designer Ludovica Ferrario, and Pavla Janoušková Kubečková, Tomáš Hrubý and Štěpán Hulík, who collorated on Burning Bush and Wasteland for HBO Europe.
The Visegrad Film Forum will take place at the Faculty of Film and Television in Bratislava...
Documentary filmmaker Sergey Loznitsa (My Joy), special effects creator Colin Arthur, and HBO executive Steve Matthews are among guests set to attend the sixth Visegrad Film Forum in Slovakia.
Loznitsa’s latest film Austerlitz premiered at Venice last year. Arthur is known for his decades of work in special effects and makeup, with his credits including Class Of The Titans, Conan The Barbarian and The NeverEnding Story.
Matthews is HBO Europe’s vice president and executive producer for drama development, Central Europe, Nordic and Spain; his credits include drama series The Borgias.
Further guests at the forum will include The Young Pope and Youth production designer Ludovica Ferrario, and Pavla Janoušková Kubečková, Tomáš Hrubý and Štěpán Hulík, who collorated on Burning Bush and Wasteland for HBO Europe.
The Visegrad Film Forum will take place at the Faculty of Film and Television in Bratislava...
- 4/7/2017
- ScreenDaily
In order to make accurate predictions about the potential Cannes Film Festival lineup, it’s first important to explore which films definitely won’t make the cut. The glamorous French gathering is notorious for waiting until the last minute before locking in every slot for its Official Selection. That includes competition titles, out of competition titles, a small midnight section and the Un Certain Regard sidebar. Cannes announces the bulk of its selections in Paris on April 13, but until then, there are plenty of ways to make educated guesses. Much of the reporting surrounding the upcoming festival selection is simply lists of films expected to come out this year. However, certain movies are definitely not going to the festival for various reasons.
That’s why our own list of potentials doesn’t include “Image Et Parole,” Jean-Luc Godard’s followup to “Goodbye to Language,” which sales agent Wild Bunch now anticipates as a 2018 title.
That’s why our own list of potentials doesn’t include “Image Et Parole,” Jean-Luc Godard’s followup to “Goodbye to Language,” which sales agent Wild Bunch now anticipates as a 2018 title.
- 3/31/2017
- by Chris O'Falt, Eric Kohn, Jude Dry, Kate Erbland, Steve Greene and Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Mubi's retrospective Film Is a Theorem: The Documentaries of Sergei Loznitsa is showing January 16 - March 15, 2017 in the United Kingdom and many other countries around the world.Landscape“Film is a theorem that has to arrive at a final point.”—Sergei Loznitsa It’s something of a critical cliché to say that a film or filmmaker is fixated on the notion of time; but there aren’t many contemporary filmmakers who fulfill that description as well as Belarus-born director Sergei Loznitsa. Although best known for his recent work—a trio of documentaries, Maidan (2014), The Event (2015) and Austerlitz (2016)—and a brief foray into fiction—My Joy (2010) and In the Fog (2012)—Loznitsa first started out with a string of documentary features and shorts, five of which are part of Mubi’s ongoing retrospective: “Film is a Theorem: The Documentaries of Sergei Loznitsa.” With a methodical, almost scientific rigor (indicative of Loznitsa’s...
- 2/26/2017
- MUBI
There has been a lot of feel-good diversity press about the 2017 Oscar nominations, especially when compared to the two embarrassingly monochromatic years that preceded them. Much of that is deserved; after massive backlash led by April Reign’s #OscarsSoWhite twitter campaign, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences added hundreds of women and people of color to the voting ranks — a significant, if long overdue, change to their Academy membership.
If you’re among those applauding the increasingly diverse nominations 2017, I have a question: What does diversity really means to you?
I am a black woman. Like many other black women, I’ve spent many years feeling unrepresented and invisible to our film and television industries. I have celebrated a year in which I and my children could see more than one quality representation of black men and women in a major motion picture. The success of amazing black-starring films like “Fences,...
If you’re among those applauding the increasingly diverse nominations 2017, I have a question: What does diversity really means to you?
I am a black woman. Like many other black women, I’ve spent many years feeling unrepresented and invisible to our film and television industries. I have celebrated a year in which I and my children could see more than one quality representation of black men and women in a major motion picture. The success of amazing black-starring films like “Fences,...
- 2/24/2017
- by Ijeoma Oluo
- Indiewire
MoonlightDear Danny,As I type this final entry in a state of literal suspension—aboard my flight home, between a rainy Canadian morning and a muggy Californian afternoon—I begin to wonder whether my festival choices were too safe. I read your takes on experimental works with pleasure, as well as a hint of envy toward your adventurousness. My sole excursion this year into Wavelengths territory was Sergei Loznitsa’s Austerlitz, which I admired more than you. Concentration-camp tourism understandably dismays the sober director of My Joy, yet there’s a mordant edge to his unbroken views of visitors, including teeming long-shots that resemble Jacques Tati frames. People amble through these zones of unspeakable suffering as if at a particularly prosaic mall, guides barely hang on to their groups’ attention (“Folks, could you not eat in here, please?”), knowledge is shaky and selfie-sticks are ubiquitous. Still, I thought Loznitsa’s...
- 9/19/2016
- MUBI
Bouncing between feature films (“My Joy“) and documentaries (“Maidan,” “The Event“), director Sergei Loznitsa has carved out a niche of patient pictures, that sometimes take more than few moments to reveal themselves. And his work has attracted a loyal following on the international arthouse circuit where he’ll return again this fall with his latest documentary, […]
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- 8/22/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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Matthew Shifrin is blind, but he still wants to enjoy comic books. Here, he explains his idea, and asks for your support...
Matthew Shirfrin sent us an email earlier this week. He's blind, and comic books have always been very special to him, yet his lack of sight has inevitably been an obstacle. But he wrote to us with an idea, and has asked us to help spread the word. We are delighted to be able to do so. Matthew's email address is at the end of this piece, if you want to contact him directly. From here, it's over to Matthew...
One day when I was five, I found out that there was this person named Spider-Man who could climb up walls. So I asked my dad about him. A few days later my dad tucked me into bed, but instead of reading me a normal bedtime story,...
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Matthew Shifrin is blind, but he still wants to enjoy comic books. Here, he explains his idea, and asks for your support...
Matthew Shirfrin sent us an email earlier this week. He's blind, and comic books have always been very special to him, yet his lack of sight has inevitably been an obstacle. But he wrote to us with an idea, and has asked us to help spread the word. We are delighted to be able to do so. Matthew's email address is at the end of this piece, if you want to contact him directly. From here, it's over to Matthew...
One day when I was five, I found out that there was this person named Spider-Man who could climb up walls. So I asked my dad about him. A few days later my dad tucked me into bed, but instead of reading me a normal bedtime story,...
- 6/21/2016
- Den of Geek
Arthouse heads and world cinema buffs likely know the name Sergei Loznitsa for films like "My Joy" and "In The Fog," but even they are likely having trouble keeping up with the director's prolific output. Last year he delivered the documentary "Maidan," and this year he's back with another, albeit one with a bit of a twist. Read More: Watch: Trailer For Sergei Loznitsa's Cannes Documentary About Ukrainian Protests 'Maidan' "The Event" finds Loznitsa using archival material to put together a found footage documentary about an attempted coup d'etat in Russia in August 1991. The trailer looks like a stirring assemblage of video, and a fascinating snapshot of a historical moment. Here's the full synopsis: In August 1991, a failed coup d'état in Moscow by a group of communist reactionaries expedited the demise of the ailing Soviet Union. As the hammer and sickle that flew over the Kremlin was...
- 8/28/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
In Reverse Shot, Michael Pattison writes about the 18 films Sergei Loznitsa has made since 1996: "In his three best-known films"—My Joy (2010), In the Fog (2012) and Maidan (2014)—"he shows himself to be—all at once—an artist, a documentarian, an ethnographer, a historian, and a storyteller." Also in today's roundup: David Bordwell on Jean-Luc Godard, Burt Lancaster and Bill Forsyth; Howard Hampton on Stephen Frears's My Beautiful Laundrette; Jonathan Rosenbaum on Carl Dreyer’s Gertrud; James Slaymaker on Robert Greene; Patrick Z. McGavin's interview with Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss; plus Jacques Rivette's interview with Jean Renoir and more. » - David Hudson...
- 8/4/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
In Reverse Shot, Michael Pattison writes about the 18 films Sergei Loznitsa has made since 1996: "In his three best-known films"—My Joy (2010), In the Fog (2012) and Maidan (2014)—"he shows himself to be—all at once—an artist, a documentarian, an ethnographer, a historian, and a storyteller." Also in today's roundup: David Bordwell on Jean-Luc Godard, Burt Lancaster and Bill Forsyth; Howard Hampton on Stephen Frears's My Beautiful Laundrette; Jonathan Rosenbaum on Carl Dreyer’s Gertrud; James Slaymaker on Robert Greene; Patrick Z. McGavin's interview with Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss; plus Jacques Rivette's interview with Jean Renoir and more. » - David Hudson...
- 8/4/2015
- Keyframe
Six selected directors include Michaël R. Roskam [pictured], Kim Ki-duk and Sion Sono.
Six international directors who share a history with the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 3-11) are to present one of their favourite films at the 50th edition of the festival in the Czech spa town.
The special section, titled Six Close Encounters, will include contributions from directors Mark Cousins, Kim Ki-duk, Sergei Loznitsa, Luis Miñarro, Michael R. Roskam and Sion Sono.
Each will select and personally present a favourite film that played a fundamental role in defining their own styles on filmmaking.
“It is extremely important to us that we maintain long-term relationships with filmmakers whose work we follow continuously, often from the beginning of their careers, which in many cases were launched at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival,” says Kviff artistic director Karel Och.
Mark Cousins: A Moment of Innocence (Nun va Goldoon, 1996), Mohsen Makhmalbaf. Kim Ki-duk:...
Six international directors who share a history with the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 3-11) are to present one of their favourite films at the 50th edition of the festival in the Czech spa town.
The special section, titled Six Close Encounters, will include contributions from directors Mark Cousins, Kim Ki-duk, Sergei Loznitsa, Luis Miñarro, Michael R. Roskam and Sion Sono.
Each will select and personally present a favourite film that played a fundamental role in defining their own styles on filmmaking.
“It is extremely important to us that we maintain long-term relationships with filmmakers whose work we follow continuously, often from the beginning of their careers, which in many cases were launched at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival,” says Kviff artistic director Karel Och.
Mark Cousins: A Moment of Innocence (Nun va Goldoon, 1996), Mohsen Makhmalbaf. Kim Ki-duk:...
- 6/17/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Good genes run in this famous family. Exes Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas reunited over the weekend to celebrate their daughter, Stella's, high school graduation -- and she is gorgeous! The 57-year-old actress took to Instagram to share some sweet snapshots from the happy occasion, writing, "Mama, Stella and Papi. Our angel is amazing. Beginning the next chapter of her life! Freedom!!" The new graduate is a perfect combination of her parents, with her mom's golden blonde locks and her dad's dark eyes. Despite a very public divorce last year, it seems Melanie and Antonio have put the past behind them for the sake of their daughter. The proud mama also posted a pic with Stella and her other two children on the social media site with the caption: "Me and my fabulous kids! Stella, Alexander, and Dakota. My joy, my heart, my life is theirs." Alexander Bauer is her...
- 6/8/2015
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Babi Yar
Director: Sergei Loznitsa // Writer: Sergei Loznitsa
Ukrainian documentarian Sergei Loznitsa made waves with his 2010 feature debut My Joy, followed by 2012’s In the Fog, both which played in the competition at Cannes. He returned last year out of competition with documentary Maidan, as well as a segment in the anthology film The Bridges of Sarajevo. An arrestingly bleak filmmaker, his films elude wider appeal with their immersive and unrelenting deliberations of abusive powers and war torn wastelands. Announced back in 2013, we’re hoping to see Loznitsa unveil his third feature, Babi Yar, which documents the eponymously referenced massacre from 1941 of 33,000+ Jews shot and killed over two days in September and thrown into a ravine. Recent interviews with Loznitsa have seen the director describe the project as depicting how “slowly and gradually, people plunge into hell.”
Cast: Not available.
Production Co.: Arp, Gp Film and Pronto
U.S.
Director: Sergei Loznitsa // Writer: Sergei Loznitsa
Ukrainian documentarian Sergei Loznitsa made waves with his 2010 feature debut My Joy, followed by 2012’s In the Fog, both which played in the competition at Cannes. He returned last year out of competition with documentary Maidan, as well as a segment in the anthology film The Bridges of Sarajevo. An arrestingly bleak filmmaker, his films elude wider appeal with their immersive and unrelenting deliberations of abusive powers and war torn wastelands. Announced back in 2013, we’re hoping to see Loznitsa unveil his third feature, Babi Yar, which documents the eponymously referenced massacre from 1941 of 33,000+ Jews shot and killed over two days in September and thrown into a ravine. Recent interviews with Loznitsa have seen the director describe the project as depicting how “slowly and gradually, people plunge into hell.”
Cast: Not available.
Production Co.: Arp, Gp Film and Pronto
U.S.
- 1/8/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Easily the most rigorous, vital, and powerful movie of 2014, Sergei Loznitsa's Maidan may be a perfect Bazinian cinema-machine — reality is captured, crystallized, honored for its organic complexity, and delivered unpoisoned by exposition or emphasis. Every dissatisfaction you could be nursing about the obvious and overdetermined tenor of contemporary film — and particularly modern documentaries — is met here with thrown bricks.
It helps that the "reality" in question is also heart-quickening. Before making the two best and most dismaying post-Soviet-region films of the last five years — My Joy (2010) and In the Fog (2012) — the Ukrainian-bred Loznitsa was a documentarian, and here he returns to his original strategy, with...
It helps that the "reality" in question is also heart-quickening. Before making the two best and most dismaying post-Soviet-region films of the last five years — My Joy (2010) and In the Fog (2012) — the Ukrainian-bred Loznitsa was a documentarian, and here he returns to his original strategy, with...
- 12/10/2014
- Village Voice
Always happy to help a good cause, Selena Gomez was gorgeous as she welcomed the audience at We Day Vancouver on Wednesday evening (October 22).
Sporting a fabulous hot pink dress, the “Wizards of Waverly Place” starlet took the stage at Rogers Arena as part of her Unicef Goodwill Ambassador duties.
Throughout the evening, Selena posted several snapshots to Instagram with captions like, “Unbelievable show!” and “The truth. My Joy.” Beforehand she wrote, “Prepping, rehearsing and beyond enjoying my company for Free the Children, We Day. My second time here and now hosting the dang thing! Can't wait for my trip :) go check them out at WeDay.com they are truly remarkable!”
Per the official We Day website, “We Day is the movement of our time, empowering a generation of young global citizens through an inspirational event and a year-long educational initiative.”
#WeDay prep @alfredoflores
A photo posted by Selena Gomez...
Sporting a fabulous hot pink dress, the “Wizards of Waverly Place” starlet took the stage at Rogers Arena as part of her Unicef Goodwill Ambassador duties.
Throughout the evening, Selena posted several snapshots to Instagram with captions like, “Unbelievable show!” and “The truth. My Joy.” Beforehand she wrote, “Prepping, rehearsing and beyond enjoying my company for Free the Children, We Day. My second time here and now hosting the dang thing! Can't wait for my trip :) go check them out at WeDay.com they are truly remarkable!”
Per the official We Day website, “We Day is the movement of our time, empowering a generation of young global citizens through an inspirational event and a year-long educational initiative.”
#WeDay prep @alfredoflores
A photo posted by Selena Gomez...
- 10/23/2014
- GossipCenter
What follows is a highly selective, unavoidably partial guide to the Wavelengths section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, which kicks off today. Perhaps it seems that “selective” and “partial” are synonymous enough to produce redundancy when placed within the same sentence, and in most instances I would agree with this objection. In the first case, "selective," I will note that, of the 28 shorts and features that I was able to preview from the Wavelengths section (impeccably curated, as always, by the perspicacious Andréa Picard), I have chosen to highlight the fifteen that I personally found most aesthetically and intellectually bold, invigo(u)rating, troubling, critical-verbiage-thwarting, or otherwise worthy of hearty recommendation. This in no way implies that the other works were somehow lacking, only that I could not see my way through to them at this particular time and place. A different set of viewing circumstances (the ones you’re about to embark upon,...
- 9/10/2014
- by Michael Sicinski
- MUBI
Exclusive: Sergei Loznitsa’s documentary world premieres as a special screening in Official Selection.
France’s Arp Seléction is the first distributor to pick up Sergei Loznitsa’s documentary Maidan which is having its world premiere as a special screening in Cannes’ Official Selection.
Speaking exclusively with ScreenDaily, Maria Choustova-Baker of the film’s production company Atoms & Void said the Arp had acquired rights to French-speaking territories worldwide, and the film has also been sold to Against Gravity (Poland), Cinema Delicatessen (The Netherlands) and Arthouse Traffic (Ukraine).
She added that Arp Seléction will release the film theatrically in France on May 23.
Shot as events unfolded in Kiev from mid-November 2013, Maidan is one of the first projects from the Dutch-based production outfit Atoms & Void which Loznitsa set up with Choustova-Baker last year.
The company, which is also handling world sales on Maidan, first produced the 20-minute short documentary Letter which won the Golden Dragon and Prix Efa at...
France’s Arp Seléction is the first distributor to pick up Sergei Loznitsa’s documentary Maidan which is having its world premiere as a special screening in Cannes’ Official Selection.
Speaking exclusively with ScreenDaily, Maria Choustova-Baker of the film’s production company Atoms & Void said the Arp had acquired rights to French-speaking territories worldwide, and the film has also been sold to Against Gravity (Poland), Cinema Delicatessen (The Netherlands) and Arthouse Traffic (Ukraine).
She added that Arp Seléction will release the film theatrically in France on May 23.
Shot as events unfolded in Kiev from mid-November 2013, Maidan is one of the first projects from the Dutch-based production outfit Atoms & Void which Loznitsa set up with Choustova-Baker last year.
The company, which is also handling world sales on Maidan, first produced the 20-minute short documentary Letter which won the Golden Dragon and Prix Efa at...
- 5/15/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
You might not know his name, but Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa is no stranger to the Cannes Film Festival. In 2010 he appeared in competition with "My Joy," and returned to the category in 2012 with "In The Fog," picking up the Fipresci Prize for his efforts. And now he's back with a project that documents one of the most dramatic moments in recent history. Set to play as a Special Selection, "Maidan" finds Loznitsa in documentary mode, exploring the protests in Kiev, Ukraine against the government from the ground level. The first trailer for the film is here and it's potent stuff. Here's the official synopsis (edited for clarity): Maidan, is the central square of Kiev, capital of Ukraine. Starting in November 2013, citizens of all ages and all faiths gathered to protest against the regime of President Yanukovych, who was forced to resign in late March. From November to March,...
- 4/17/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Babi Yar
Director: Sergei Loznitsa
Writer: Sergei Loznitsa
Producers: Rick McCallum, Arte France Cinema
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Cast of hundreds, thousands.
Documentarian filmmakers Sergei Loznitsa made a fascinating entrance into narrative filmmaking back in 2010 with My Joy, followed by In the Fog in 2012. Now, he’s preparing his most ambitious narrative film yet with this dire tale, which was just announced as being backed by Arte France Cinema. While little is known beyond the subject matter, Loznitsa’s treatment is bound to be as visually poetic as it will be profoundly disturbing and with the current climate in Ukraine, we imagine a timely one.
Gist: Concerns the Babi Yar massacre of September 1941 when 30,000 Jews were killed by Nazi troops over a three-day period.
Release Date: If this begins filming in 2014, we’re hoping to see this at Cannes 2015. Next: Our number 9 pick…
More Top 200 Most Anticipated Films...
Director: Sergei Loznitsa
Writer: Sergei Loznitsa
Producers: Rick McCallum, Arte France Cinema
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Cast of hundreds, thousands.
Documentarian filmmakers Sergei Loznitsa made a fascinating entrance into narrative filmmaking back in 2010 with My Joy, followed by In the Fog in 2012. Now, he’s preparing his most ambitious narrative film yet with this dire tale, which was just announced as being backed by Arte France Cinema. While little is known beyond the subject matter, Loznitsa’s treatment is bound to be as visually poetic as it will be profoundly disturbing and with the current climate in Ukraine, we imagine a timely one.
Gist: Concerns the Babi Yar massacre of September 1941 when 30,000 Jews were killed by Nazi troops over a three-day period.
Release Date: If this begins filming in 2014, we’re hoping to see this at Cannes 2015. Next: Our number 9 pick…
More Top 200 Most Anticipated Films...
- 3/25/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
New films by Krzysztof Zanussi, Merab Kokochashvili and Jan Cvitkovic are among the projects from Eastern Europe being presented at platforms in Warsaw, Brindisi and Cottbus in the coming weeks.
The CentEast Warsaw-Moscow initiative will be presenting nine ‘works in progress’ from Eastern Europe on October 18 as part of Warsaw Film Festival’s CentEast Market.
The showcase will then be repeated two days later on October 20 in Moscow as part of Project For Tomorrow and, in a new development, during the Beijing Film Market next April.
The nine ‘works in progress’ include:
veteran Polish film-maker Krzysztof Zanussi’s new feature the Polish-Italian-Russian co-production Foreign Body;
Ukrainian Oles Sanin’s $2m historical drama The Guide, previously presented at Odessa’s industry platform in July;
Alexander Mitta’s art film Chagall-Malevich, which is being handled internationally by Intercinema and was given a special promo-reel screening in Venice;
Romanian Dan Chisu’s sixth feature Bucharest Nonstop about four interconnected stories...
The CentEast Warsaw-Moscow initiative will be presenting nine ‘works in progress’ from Eastern Europe on October 18 as part of Warsaw Film Festival’s CentEast Market.
The showcase will then be repeated two days later on October 20 in Moscow as part of Project For Tomorrow and, in a new development, during the Beijing Film Market next April.
The nine ‘works in progress’ include:
veteran Polish film-maker Krzysztof Zanussi’s new feature the Polish-Italian-Russian co-production Foreign Body;
Ukrainian Oles Sanin’s $2m historical drama The Guide, previously presented at Odessa’s industry platform in July;
Alexander Mitta’s art film Chagall-Malevich, which is being handled internationally by Intercinema and was given a special promo-reel screening in Venice;
Romanian Dan Chisu’s sixth feature Bucharest Nonstop about four interconnected stories...
- 9/26/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Kanye West said Kim Kardashian and baby North are "my joy" on Kris Jenner's show, and Jennifer Aniston flaunted her "ripped bod" on vacation in Los Cabos, Mexico: See Us Weekly's top 5 stories from Aug. 22 in the roundup! 1. Video: Kanye West Says Kim Kardashian, Baby North Are "My Joy" in Kris Jenner Interview: Watch Now The softer side of Kanye. The first preview clips of Kanye West's sit-down interview with his de facto mother-in-law Kris Jenner have arrived -- and in the rapper's Kris appearance, [...]...
- 8/22/2013
- Us Weekly
Mulling over this new film opening up today, I thought of an inversion of the ole’ “Lone Ranger” TV/ radio intro…” Return with us now to those depressing days of future-year”. For the third time (I’m not going to count Pacific Rim, as some have) in nearly four months here’s another flick about a ravaged, almost uninhabitable, beat-up Planet Earth. In last April’s Oblivion and a couple of months later in After Earth, the population has left the big blue marble and have set up shop on a nearby planet. Seems the only futuristic feature with any optimism this Summer was Star Trek: Into Darkness (but there were those bothersome Klingons). At least old Mom Earth has not been completely vacated in Elysium, but it’s far from a paradise. Perhaps writer/director Neill Blomkamp can put an interesting spin on this theme with his follow-up...
- 8/9/2013
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Sergei Loznitsa is fixated on time, thematically and formally. While his follow-up to My Joy lacks the earlier film's tricky structure, which suggested a present condemned to continually echo the trauma of the past, it foregrounds the subject in other, subtler ways.
A spartan not-quite-war movie, In the Fog is set—or, perhaps more accurately, located—in Nazi-occupied Belarus. Long takes—camera carefully dollying backwards through endless forest—are the movie's stock in trade. Loznitsa uses match cuts sparingly, and because of this, each shot registers as an individualized formal / narrative structure—a chunk of real time. Edits register as gaps rather than links. The titular fog—which rolls in during the final scene—is the fog of history; for Loznitsa, the past is first and foremost a once-present.
In the Fog opens with a three-or-so minute handheld shot of a village marketplace, where disinterested Belarusians and Germans half-observe an off-screen group execution.
A spartan not-quite-war movie, In the Fog is set—or, perhaps more accurately, located—in Nazi-occupied Belarus. Long takes—camera carefully dollying backwards through endless forest—are the movie's stock in trade. Loznitsa uses match cuts sparingly, and because of this, each shot registers as an individualized formal / narrative structure—a chunk of real time. Edits register as gaps rather than links. The titular fog—which rolls in during the final scene—is the fog of history; for Loznitsa, the past is first and foremost a once-present.
In the Fog opens with a three-or-so minute handheld shot of a village marketplace, where disinterested Belarusians and Germans half-observe an off-screen group execution.
- 6/20/2013
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- MUBI
Constructed with the same patient sorcery and elliptical menace as director Sergei Loznitsa's previous art-ordeal, My Joy, the WWII saga In the Fog opens with a tracking shot through the 1942 equivalent of a Bosch painting. For almost four minutes, Loznitsa's camera prowls after three Nazi-arrested locals as they're led to the gallows through an occupied Belorussian village, past children and weeping babushkas and relaxing Germans. It's a whole film in one bite, because Loznitsa shifts perspectives continuously, as he did in My Joy, shuffling points of view and catching details, eventually settling his sight on a cart stacked high with picked-over cow rib cages. The hanging sets the film's dominoes tumbling, and we don't even see it in the tumult.
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- 6/12/2013
- Village Voice
"Does a war really transform us to that extent?" Today's indie/foreign trailer to feature is for a film called In The Fog, directed by Sergei Loznitsa (of My Joy), an "eerie, dreamlike World War II drama" that played in Cannes and Tiff last year. A number of my colleagues ranked this highly as one of the best films of 2012, though it's just now getting a theatrical release. Vladimir Svirskiy stars as a partisan suspected of being a traitor who is apprehended by his comrades and taken out into the woods to be executed — but as the night fog closes in, the difference between darkness and light (or innocence and guilt) becomes ever more murky. Here's the official Us trailer for Sergei Loznitsa's In The Fog, available in high def on Apple: It is 1942 and the western edge of the Ussr is under German occupation. In the region, local...
- 6/2/2013
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Sergei Loznitsa's stark parable about Soviet collaboration with the Nazis has echoes of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
Sergei Loznitsa's My Joy, a fable about the increasingly nightmarish journey of a lorry driver lost in a violent post-communist Russia, was well received at Cannes three years ago but is yet to be released in this country. His second film, In the Fog, based on a highly regarded novel by Vasili Bykov, also received a warm welcome in Cannes and is one of the best Russian films to open in Britain over the past decade. It's set in Loznitsa's native Belarus in 1942, and the fog of the title is both literal and metaphorical, the fog of war that swirls around its three principal characters, Russians involved in the struggle against the German invaders.
In the Fog unfolds at a stately pace, beginning with a striking opening sequence shot in what appears...
Sergei Loznitsa's My Joy, a fable about the increasingly nightmarish journey of a lorry driver lost in a violent post-communist Russia, was well received at Cannes three years ago but is yet to be released in this country. His second film, In the Fog, based on a highly regarded novel by Vasili Bykov, also received a warm welcome in Cannes and is one of the best Russian films to open in Britain over the past decade. It's set in Loznitsa's native Belarus in 1942, and the fog of the title is both literal and metaphorical, the fog of war that swirls around its three principal characters, Russians involved in the struggle against the German invaders.
In the Fog unfolds at a stately pace, beginning with a striking opening sequence shot in what appears...
- 4/29/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
You may not have heard of Sergei Loznitsa, but he's one hell of a film-maker. UK distributors missed a trick in not giving a cinema release to the former documentarist's first fiction feature My Joy (2010). Ostensibly about a lorry driver who takes a wrong turn and is violently sucked into the darkness of the Russian backwoods, this episodic bad trip was a sort of post- Soviet Deliverance, with rot-gut vodka instead of moonshine. It suggested arbitrary violence and catastrophe are, and have always been, part of Russian life – which explains why Loznitsa, who grew up in Ukraine, seems to be not terribly popular in Russian film circles.
- 4/27/2013
- The Independent - Film
Although cinephiles across the globe are currently preparing themselves for the glitz and glamour of the forthcoming Cannes Film Festival, we still haven’t worked our way through the features ‘In Competition’ from last years’ event yet, one of which is the emotionally charged World War Two drama In the Fog, as Belarusian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa’s follow up to My Joy finally earns its British cinematic release.
We begin by following the harrowingly pensive walk of three partisan rebels, approaching the stage where they will soon be hanged by the Nazis currently occupying Belarus. Although the execution is a penalty for those involved in the sabotage of a train, the one man to have avoided any punishment is Sushenya (Vladimir Svirskiy). This let-off leads to accusations of him being a Nazi collaborator, and he seems to be meeting a fateful end of his own when rebels Burov (Vladislav Abashin...
We begin by following the harrowingly pensive walk of three partisan rebels, approaching the stage where they will soon be hanged by the Nazis currently occupying Belarus. Although the execution is a penalty for those involved in the sabotage of a train, the one man to have avoided any punishment is Sushenya (Vladimir Svirskiy). This let-off leads to accusations of him being a Nazi collaborator, and he seems to be meeting a fateful end of his own when rebels Burov (Vladislav Abashin...
- 4/25/2013
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
★★★★☆ An incredibly atmospheric Second World War three-hander exploring the notion that the fight against oppression may not necessarily equate to the fight for freedom, Belarusian director Sergei Loznitsa's In the Fog (V tumane, 2012) won rave reviews upon its Cannes debut in competition last year - and rightly so. Only his second narrative feature (following 2010's My Joy), Loznitsa once again proves himself to be an adept storyteller, weaving together three interconnected narratives - adapted from a short story by Vasil Bykaŭ - into a complex, weighty parable that feels like it could only ever have been told on the big screen.
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- 4/24/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
One of the most endearing and iconic coming of age “Summer” movies, The Sandlot has turned a whopping twenty years old. In order to commemorate the milestone, Fox has released the film on blu-ray (in a 20th anniversary edition), and graciously sent us a copy to check out. Come inside for our thoughts on how well this film has aged, and whether or not it’s worth adding to your blu collection.
My joy and elation at receiving this blu-ray in the mail was matched only by my sorrow upon reading “20th Anniversary Edition” on the cover. Seriously? It’s twenty years old? That seems crazy and ridiculous. I guess that’s part of getting older, but I think it also speaks to the timeless quality of the film. While the film is nearly old enough to be of legal drinking age, it remains as entertaining and engaging as it ever was.
My joy and elation at receiving this blu-ray in the mail was matched only by my sorrow upon reading “20th Anniversary Edition” on the cover. Seriously? It’s twenty years old? That seems crazy and ridiculous. I guess that’s part of getting older, but I think it also speaks to the timeless quality of the film. While the film is nearly old enough to be of legal drinking age, it remains as entertaining and engaging as it ever was.
- 4/8/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
I hate apologizing on behalf of American Idol. We should be enjoying this! This is our joy! My joy! My Seacrest-sponsored rapture. My karaoke vomitorium pandemonium extravaganza. But sigh. Every once in awhile Idol is a silly suckfest for losers, and tonight was one of those nights. Ten dudes entered, and I'm telling you that at least eight of them were lame enough to dismiss completely. Randy Jackson shrugs wildly and pouts, "What is going on here?!" Besides you and your patronizing chuckles, Randy, not much.
Before we begin, it's time to note that Nicki Minaj's "infuriated" reactions whenever Mariah Carey speaks are annoying. What is she reacting to? Anything? It makes me mad. And then, of course Mariah makes me mad with her simplistic, pandering critiques and nervous, non-committal energy. Ugh! Hop on your jetski and hit me with some of that "Honey" video swag, M.C.!
Now,...
Before we begin, it's time to note that Nicki Minaj's "infuriated" reactions whenever Mariah Carey speaks are annoying. What is she reacting to? Anything? It makes me mad. And then, of course Mariah makes me mad with her simplistic, pandering critiques and nervous, non-committal energy. Ugh! Hop on your jetski and hit me with some of that "Honey" video swag, M.C.!
Now,...
- 3/1/2013
- by virtel
- The Backlot
Chinese filmmaker and dissident Ai Weiwei will be part of the jury for the International Film Festival Rotterdam giving the event a whiff of political protest, the organization said Tuesday. Ai will join a jury that includes Russian screenwriter and filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa ("The Revue," "My Joy"), Dutch director Kees Hin ("Shadowland") and artistic director of the Seville European Film Festival José Luis Cienfuegos. The jury consists of another artist who has run afoul of a politically repressive regime --Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamedarya, who has been banned from acting in film, theater...
- 1/8/2013
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
When I heard that the wonderful Kristin Chenoweth was joining CBS' The Good Wife as a guest star, I was very excited to see what she would bring to one of my favorite shows. My joy turned to sorrow when I heard she'd been injured on the set and wouldn't be able to complete her role. Well it looks like that has changed. ...
- 9/11/2012
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
Urkainian director Sergei Loznitza's narrative feature debut "My Joy" found the veteran documentarian was equally capable of distorting the truth through a Lynchian allegorical lens that sifted through the demons of Russian society. His follow-up is an equally grim but more narratively precise look at the country's history through the lens of WWII. After Sushenya, a lower class Russian laborer, escapes a Nazi deathtrap, his comrades assume he's in cahoots with the enemy. At first slated for execution by his former peers, Sushenya escapes death again at the hands of the Nazis, launching into a prolonged escape through the frosty Ukranian forest. Ponderously slow and mopey in a tone that can only be described as distinctively Ukranian from start to finish. As the mystery of Sushenya's inexplicable survival deepens, "In the Fog" develops an unearthly spell that largely makes up for its cerebral pace. As with "My Joy," this is a story about.
- 9/7/2012
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The globe-trotting section of this year’s Contemporary World Cinema programme has your Sundance (in a pair of excellent titles in Ava DuVernay’s Middle of Nowhere and James Ponsoldt’s Smashed) and has select items from several sections from this year’s Cannes ranging from Pablo Stoll Ward’s 3, Yousry Nasrallah’s After the Battle, Aida Begic’s Children of Sarajevo, Catherine Corsini’s Three Worlds, Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise: Love, and they must see In The Fog a masterwork from Sergei Loznitsa and will be padded by world premiere items such as Annemarie Jacir’s When I Saw You, Lenny Abrahamson’s What Richard Did and Sion Sono’s The Land of Hope (see pic above). Here’s the entire list of items that make up this year’s section:
3 Pablo Stoll Ward, Uruguay/Germany/Argentina North American Premiere For Rodolfo (Humberto de Vargas), life at home feels empty and cold,...
3 Pablo Stoll Ward, Uruguay/Germany/Argentina North American Premiere For Rodolfo (Humberto de Vargas), life at home feels empty and cold,...
- 8/14/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The Melbourne International Film Festival has announced a big line-up of films which screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
The announcement:
The 61st Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) will screen its biggest selection of films straight from the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
Miff is one of the first festivals to screen these films after their world premiere at Cannes, meaning Melbourne audiences will be one of the first in the world to watch them after their debut on the French Riviera.
Over 35 films from Cannes are included in this year’s Festival line-up. Along with Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or winning Amour, Benh Zeitlin’s Camera d’Or winner Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Wes Anderson’s Moonlight Kingdom, all announced in Miff’s First Glance on 5th June, Miff audiences will be treated to a huge selection of the world’s best filmmakers and films.
“Cannes is...
The announcement:
The 61st Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) will screen its biggest selection of films straight from the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
Miff is one of the first festivals to screen these films after their world premiere at Cannes, meaning Melbourne audiences will be one of the first in the world to watch them after their debut on the French Riviera.
Over 35 films from Cannes are included in this year’s Festival line-up. Along with Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or winning Amour, Benh Zeitlin’s Camera d’Or winner Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Wes Anderson’s Moonlight Kingdom, all announced in Miff’s First Glance on 5th June, Miff audiences will be treated to a huge selection of the world’s best filmmakers and films.
“Cannes is...
- 6/20/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
In 2010, Ukraine’s Sergei Loznitsa was the only first time filmmaker to crack the Main Competition line-up. With My Joy (we were one of the film’s small group of supporters) we had the road trip from hell. Two years later, we have the Catch 22 situation from hell. Loznitsa’s In the Fog focuses on the worst of two evils — be part of the resistance and ultimately sign your own death warrant, or join/sympathize with German occupation — either case, the film’s lead protag is stuck with a moral choice under immoral circumstances. Slotted late in the fest, the film received four four-star grades and possibly if more might have seen it could have worked itself into a top three favorites. Click to enlarge!
- 5/30/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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