http://worldfilm.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-18T07:21:14Z Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:21:14 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/22/review-footnote.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/worldfilm/1/H/E/P/1/footnote.jpg" alt="Footnote (Sony Pictures Classics)" /></p> <p>Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 Academy Awards, the Israeli film <a href="http://worldfilm.about.com/od/IndependentFilm2011/fr/Footnote.htm"><em>Footnote </em></a>tell the story of of a rivalry between a father and son, Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik, eccentric professors, who have dedicated their lives to their work in Talmudic Studies.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/22/review-footnote.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/22/review-footnote.htm Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:25:01 +0000 2012-02-22T09:25:01Z http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/18/review-bullhead.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/worldfilm/1/H/C/P/1/bullhead.jpg" alt="Bullhead" /></p> <p>I am absolutely of the belief that there are a dearth of quality roles for women actors and that an embarrassingly low percentage of films are produced with female characters as anything other than girlfriends, damsels or whores. This does not mean, however, that there are not opportunities to tell complex stories about that other confusing topic: masculinity. <em><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://worldfilm.about.com/od/titlesaz/fr/Bullhead.htm">Bullhead</a></em>, Oscar-nominated Belgian film written and directed by Micha&#235;l R. Roskam, does all it can to hit manhood directly where it lives.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/18/review-bullhead.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/18/review-bullhead.htm Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:21:14 +0000 2012-02-18T07:21:14Z http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/18/run-lola-run-the-opera.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/worldfilm/1/H/D/P/1/as-manni-in-run-lola-run.jpg" alt="Run Lola Run - The Opera?" /></p> <p>Tom Tykwer's 1998 <em><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://worldfilm.about.com/cs/germanfilms/fr/run_lola_run.htm">Run Lola Run</a> </em>will be turned into an opera, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.thelocal.de/society/20120218-40821.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&#038;utm_medium=twitter">The Local</a> reports. A stage version of the breathless metaphysical puzzler, a classic of world cinema starring Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu, will premiere at the Regensburg Theater next year. Ludger Vollmer, who has already adapted Fatih Akin's <em><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://worldfilm.about.com/od/germanfilms/fr/headon.htm">Head-On</a> </em>as opera, will write the music. No word on whether the original's <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.youtube.com/embed/6EPDI5t0c7I">throbbing techno score</a> will make it into any of the arias.</p> http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/18/run-lola-run-the-opera.htm Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:15:25 +0000 2012-02-18T07:15:25Z http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/13/the-best-movie-tumblrs.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/worldfilm/1/H/B/P/1/criterion.jpg" alt="400 Blows" /></p> <p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://flavorwire.com/258162/essential-tumblrs-for-film-fans">Flavorwire</a> rounds up the best tumblr blogs dedicated to the movies, including some of our favorites: the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://criterioncollection.tumblr.com/">Criterion Collection</a>, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://awesomepeoplehangingouttogether.tumblr.com/">Awesome People Hanging Out Together</a>, the mesmerizing <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://iwdrm.tumblr.com/">If We Don't, Remember Me</a>, and the must-follow <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://oldhollywood.tumblr.com/">Old Hollywood</a>.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/13/the-best-movie-tumblrs.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/13/the-best-movie-tumblrs.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:55 +0000 2012-02-13T05:00:55Z http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/11/review-in-darkness.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/worldfilm/1/H/A/P/1/In-darkness-pic.jpg" alt="In Darkness" /></p> <p>Nominated for Best Foreign Film, <span>Agnieszka Holland's <a href="http://worldfilm.about.com/od/easterneurope/fr/In-Darkness.htm"><em>In Darkness</em></a> tells the story of a group of Jews who survived the Holocaust by spending 14 months living in sewers beneath the city of Lvov. </span></p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/11/review-in-darkness.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/11/review-in-darkness.htm Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:19:45 +0000 2012-02-11T10:19:45Z http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/09/review-miss-bala.htm <p>Film critic Jordan Hoffman tried and failed to muster enthusiasm for Gerardo Naranjo's earnest drama from Mexico<img class="alignleft" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/worldfilm/1/3/8/P/1/miss-bala-poster-970522141.jpg" alt="Miss Bala (Fox International Productions)" />. The film -- "laden with nobility" tells the story of beautiful Laura Guerrero (Stephanie Sigman) who finds herself at the wrong place at the wrong time. She enters the Miss Bala beauty contest, but her dreams of escape are thwarted when she stumbles into a gang ambush.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/09/review-miss-bala.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/09/review-miss-bala.htm Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:15:22 +0000 2012-02-09T09:15:22Z http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/09/review-perfect-sense.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/worldfilm/1/H/9/P/1/Ewan-MacGregor-and-Eva-Gr-010.jpg" alt="Perfect Sense (IFC Films)" /></p> <p>David McKenzie's dystopian love story <a href="http://worldfilm.about.com/od/britishfilms/fr/Perfect-Sense.htm"><em>Perfect Sense</em></a> demands a lot from its audience. &#160;Accept the film's premise and suspend your disbelief: the world is coming to an end and humans ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/09/review-perfect-sense.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/02/09/review-perfect-sense.htm Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:24:12 +0000 2012-02-09T06:24:12Z http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/01/31/sundance-2012-awards.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/worldfilm/1/H/6/P/1/excisionsundance120111.jpg" alt="Excision (Sundance Film Festival)" /></p> <p>The 2012 Sundance Film Festival came to a close this weekend. Top winners at the awards ceremony were <em>Beasts of the Southern Wild</em>, which received the Grand Jury prize for drama, &#160;and <em>The House I Live In</em> for documentary.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/01/31/sundance-2012-awards.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/01/31/sundance-2012-awards.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:18:00 +0000 2012-01-31T14:18:00Z http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/01/31/sundance-review-red-hook-summer.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/worldfilm/1/H/5/P/1/Red_Hook_Summer.jpg" alt="Red Hook Summer" /></p> <p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://worldfilm.about.com/od/spikesfilms/">Spike Lee</a>'s new film <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://worldfilm.about.com/od/titlesaz/fr/Red-Hook-Summer.htm">Red Hook Summer</a> has been lauded a his&#160; "return to his roots" film. Financed by the director and shot in under 25 days, the film was one of the most talked about at this year's <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://worldfilm.about.com/od/filmfestivals/a/sundance.htm">Sundance Film Festival</a>.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/01/31/sundance-review-red-hook-summer.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/01/31/sundance-review-red-hook-summer.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:14:24 +0000 2012-01-31T14:14:24Z http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/01/20/review-haywire.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/worldfilm/1/H/4/P/1/haywire.jpg" alt="Gina Carano in Haywire" /></p> <p>Jordan Hoffman has seen the first superhero movie of 2012 and it is Steven Soderbergh's&#160;<a href="http://worldfilm.about.com/od/IndependentFilm2011/fr/Haywire.htm"><em style="font-style: italic;">Haywire</em></a>. It stars the Mixed Martial Arts champion/future household name <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://martialarts.about.com/od/mmaandufc/p/caranoprofile.htm">Gina Carano</a>. It's the greatest belated Christmas gift in years.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/01/20/review-haywire.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://worldfilm.about.com/b/2012/01/20/review-haywire.htm Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:20:10 +0000 2012-01-20T14:20:10Z