MARCH 7 QUESTIONS INTERVIEW: FILM DIRECTOR MARCUS MARKOU
This month’s interview is with independent film maker Marcus Markou, fresh from completing his debut feature‘Papadopoulos and Sons’, to be seen later this year. Marcus is also an actor and...
View ArticleA journey through the film ‘Targeting Journalism’
By Mohammed Al-beshtawi The story of a documentary begins with the idea, “lying on the side of the road,” he said with wide eyes, but the treatment and corners of communion, the detailed later study...
View ArticleThe Greatest Beats Of Your Heart: Ghiya Rushidat
New, Old, Undiscovered or World Renowned; The Five Records You Can Always Turn To Continuing the series of music articles in which individuals select five records particularly special to them, we...
View ArticleInternational acclaim for Serbian drama ‘Next to Me’
By Marcus Agar When a Serbian film makes waves beyond the domestic market, critics and audiences sit up and pay attention. As thought-provoking and socially relevant high school drama Pored Mene (Next...
View ArticleOrgan harvesting film from first-time director Branko Tomovic
By Marcus Agar Organ harvesting in the criminal underground is the gruesome subject of the directorial debut of London-based Serb actor Branko Tomovic. The star of 24: Live Another Day, The Bourne...
View ArticleAudio Interview with Ibrahim Ceesay
By Houmi Ahamed-Mikidache Houmi Ahamed-Mikidache interviews Gambian film director Ibrahim Ceesay. In addition to directing films, Ibrahim Ceesay is also a young executive coordinator of the African...
View ArticleZimbabwean lands role in 2Pac biopic
By Mathew Masinge US based Zimbabwean actress Danai Gurira has landed yet another big role as 2Pac’s mother in the rap star’s upcoming biopic dubbed ‘All Eyez On Me’. Danai’s role in the film has been...
View ArticleIsrael’s Oscar swag bag: Give to Palestinian refugees say film and music stars
Artists for Palestine UK (APUK) on Wednesday called on actors and directors on this year’s Oscars shortlist to: ‘Give your Israeli swag bag to a Palestinian refugee!’ Mike Leigh, film director and...
View ArticleA Brief History of African-American Theater
By Gulcin Newby Kennett Contrary to popular belief, despite its recognition in the early 1960s, African-American theater did not begin then, but centuries before. It is believed that the slaves began...
View ArticleInterview with Actor Tim Abell
By Russell W. Dickson Like most I grew up fascinated by the Cinema. My love of Hollywood started at a young age when my mother would drop me off at the local movie theater with a crisp 5 dollar bill...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Image-Making
By Gulcin Newby Kennett In the chapter titled ‘The Ethics of Image-Making’; or, “They’re Going to Put Me in the Movies. They’re Going to Make a Big Star Out of Me” from his book ‘Picturing Culture:...
View ArticleFilms of Memory: The Mind’s Eye
By Gulcin Newby Kennett In the chapter called ‘Films of Memory’ from his book ‘Transcultural Cinema‘, David MacDougall explores the intricate relationships between human memory and films. He begins by...
View ArticleFirst trailer released for Branko Tomovic directorial debut ‘Red’
RED, a dark thriller set in the underground world of illegal organ smuggling, is the directorial debut for London-based Serb actor Branko Tomovic (24: Live Another Day, Fury, Entity, The Bourne...
View ArticleAward winning actor Slaven Došlo joins hit TV series
By Marcus Agar Actor Slaven Došlo has enrolled as a young army recruit in successful Serbian TV series Vojna Akademija (Military Academy). The popular RTS series has attracted large audiences with its...
View ArticleI’m Muslim and not gay!
By Ahmed Tharwat For the last three weeks, the Twin Cities have seen one of the largest film festivals in the country, the 35th MSPIFF Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival showcasing more...
View ArticleQuest for Mirroring the Truth
By Gulcin Newby Kennett In her Quarterly article, ‘Mirrors without memories: Truth, History, and the New Documentary’, Linda Williams raises some stimulating arguments regarding documentary...
View ArticleThe girl in the white camisole escapes death
By Robert Kilborn And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the...
View ArticleThe UCL Festival of Culture 2016
By Michael Organ Five free days of culture UCL’s, (University College London), Festival of Culture returns this year with a programme set to showcase the rich diversity of world-class research led by...
View ArticleSouth Indian Cinema: Looking Through the Eyes of Actress Ragini Dwivedi
By Ratnesh Dwivedi The Indian film industry is the largest film industry in the world which produces more than 1000 films every year and South Indian Cinema makes a large part of it. The Cinema of...
View ArticleInterview with writer Wilfred Lungile Seliba
Musa Gift Masombuka talks with Wilfred Lungile Seliba about his career as a scriptwriter. Wilfred Lungile Seliba was born on the 13th of November 2000 in Bloemfontein – Botshabelo, South Africa...
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