Category: Podcast – International Cinema
Tribeca 2011: ‘She Monkeys’ is One of The Best Films of the Year
She Monkeys Directed by Lisa Aschan Sweden, 2011 Written by Lisa Aschan & Josefine Adolfsson Director Lisa Aschan propels into the limelight with a debut film that is light on dialogue and action, yet delivers a mighty punch with its … [Read the Rest]
Sound On Sight Radio #237: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives/Le Quattro Volte
The Festival du Nouveau Cinéma wrapped up this weekend, and we’ve asked occasional contributor Eduardo Lucatero – whose Preludio screened at the fest – to come in and talk shop with us. Besides general fest talk, we’ll be taking on … [Read the Rest]
Sound On Sight Radio #225: The Vanishing / Wings Of Desires / Open Your Eyes
Hey, remember back during the World Cup when we announced that really cool movie competition modeled after it? Well, it’s high time we got to the winners, which here represent the top three teams at this year’s championship. In Germany’s … [Read the Rest]
Sound On Sight Radio #220: The Very Best Of Asian Cinema
Three of the most interesting films of the last 12 months are probably not coming to a theater near you. They’re highlights from the last two Fantasia Film Festivals’ Asian programs, and you might need to do a bit of … [Read the Rest]
Sordid Cinema Podcast #14: Fantasia 2010: Serbian Mayhem
————– The Serbian spotlight at this year’s Fantasia Film Fest is not for the squeamish. Actually, in the case of two of its films, it might not be fit for viewing by conscious beings – making it perfect fare for … [Read the Rest]
Sound On Sight Radio #190: Claire Denis / Academy Awards
Claire Denis’ 35 Shots of Rum turned out to be 2009′s biggest movie – in film snob circles, that is. Since we’ve already discussed that film, Rick, Simon and special guest Olivier Creurer tackle three of Denis’ other acclaimed features … [Read the Rest]
Sound On Sight Radio #189: Fish Tank / All About My Mother
Our Pedro Almodovar spotlight concludes with his 1997 breakout hit All About My Mother, which endeared the Spanish filmmaker to a wide international audience. We’ll also be talking about Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, which recently took home the BAFTA for … [Read the Rest]
Sound On Sight Radio #187: Revanche / Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
Our focus on European cinema continues with part three, in which we finally get around to Revanche, the Austrian film nominated for Best Foreign Feature at the Oscars last year, which has gotten a swanky DVD release courtesy of Janus … [Read the Rest]
Sound On Sight Radio #185: Un Prophète / Talk To Her
We continue our spotlight on international cinema with one of last year’s most widely praised features, Jacques Audiard’s epic crime/prison drama “A Prophet,” which makes its Montreal debut this week, and is up for an Academy Award for Best Foreign … [Read the Rest]
Sound On Sight Radio #183: The White Ribbon / Broken Embraces
This week on Sound on Sight, we kick off our first Director Showcase, in which we’ll discuss one filmmaker’s work, one film at a time, over a month. This time out, Spain’s Pedro Almodovar, that purveyor of cinema buff porn … [Read the Rest]
Sound on Sight Radio #180: Overlooked in ’09
Thanks to the Hollywood Foreign Press, awards season is officially underway, and that means the fine art of movie-geek prognostication can begin in earnest. Of course, a whole lot of well-received films will never see the inside of a ballot … [Read the Rest]
Sound On Sight Radio #106 – Jean Luc Godard
Download the show in a seperate window In the 1960s, French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard helmed over 20 feature-length films (depending on whether or not you count films made by “collective”), with many of them now hailed as classics … [Read the Rest]
Sound On Sight Radio #95 – Tom Tykwer
Download show His name is Tom Tykwer (“tik-ver”), and you might not know it, but you already know who he is. If you only saw five foreign films back in the 90s, it’s quite likely that one of them was … [Read the Rest]
Naked Lunch Radio #79 – Gomorrah / Hunger
Download show In episode 79 we will review the film Hunger starring Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands, of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who led the 1981 Irish hunger strike and participated in the no wash protest (led by Brendan … [Read the Rest]
Naked Lunch Radio #78 – Danny Boyle special
Download the show in a new window One of Britain’s most celebrated breakthrough talents of the ’90s, director and producer Danny Boyle made his name with his acclaimed 1996 adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting. An angry, funny and groundbreaking film … [Read the Rest]
