By now you’ve heard the greeting or seen it online. “May the Fourth be with you!” cry fans of the decades-old space odyssey, “Star Wars.” Whether you got to know the original trilogy when you saw it in theaters or you were introduced to the saga by way of the prequels, you and your friends have probably greeted each other on the fourth of May every year, announcing to the whole world how much you love this epic galaxy that George Lucas created.
A deliberately destroyed object precludes an easy categorization of what’s left of it—the ruin, being a newfound thing in itself, is recovered not necessarily as an unprecedented occurrence but an inevitable and indispensible junction between various contradictions.
A low budget comedy set in the working class suburbs of Nigeria’s capital, Ema Edosio’s debut film “Kasala!” is a...
Luna Inocian, Jenny Jamora, Topper Fabregas and other friends of director Paolo Dy and his wife Cathy Azanza-Dy all pitched in to help refine and deepen the film’s text and character work
Iran's top leader is urging the West to show it respects Muslims by blocking a film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad and has touched off rage across the Islamic world.
Andrew is a poor kid who comes from a rough family background. His mom is really sick and his dad is on disability from being a firefighter, so for him, things are really tough. But his circumstances extend to other areas of his life as well. He is, by all means, a loser in school and not just a kid who goes under the radar, but the kind of kid that people really go out of their way to make fun of and bully. In that way he’s a victim.
Fresh from shooting her first film in English, Haifaa al-Mansour plans to return to her native Saudi Arabia next month...
The Embassy of Brazil and Instituto Cervantes present the film cycle entitled “Cine brasileño”, a series of recent Brazilian films to be shown on the Saturdays of February at the Instituto Cervantes theatre.
Some 200 villagers avidly take in an evening of films thanks to a traveling cinema team with the dual goal of entertaining and enlightening.
TWENTY-FOUR films from 18 European countries will be shown during the 19th edition of Cine Europa, which kicks off its 11-day run at Shangri-La Plaza on Sept. 8.