To a Land Unknown (2024)Director: Mahdi FleifelScreenwriter: Fyzal Boulifa, Mahdi Fleifel, Jason McColganStarring: Angeliki Papoulia, Mahmood Bakri, Mohammad Ghassan “How we are here today, I don’t get it,” said director Mahdi Fleifel at the world premiere of To a Land Unknown at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2024, where it competed in the Un […]
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Anora (2024)Director: Sean BakerScreenwriter: Sean BakerStarring: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yuriy Borisov, Karren Kragulian, Vache Tovmaysan When it was announced that Sean Baker’s Anora had won the Palme d’Or at the closing ceremony of the Cannes International Film Festival in 2024, everyone cheered. Even before its somewhat unexpected win – many people had imagined that
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The Wizard of Oz (1939)Director: Victor FlemingScreenwriters: Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan WoolfStarring: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton No matter how many years pass since the release of The Wizard of Oz, Victor Fleming’s Hollywood Golden Era classic continues to welcome audiences new and old back to
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The Color Purple (2023)Director: Blitz BazawuleScreenwriter: Marcus GardleyStarring: Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins Over the years, there have been multiple adaptations of Alice Walker’s 1982 novel “The Color Purple”. Most notably, the book had previously been adapted for the screen in the 1985 film directed by Steven Spielberg. Almost
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Ferrari (2023)Director: Michael MannScreenwriters: Troy Kennedy MartinStarring: Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Leone, Jack O’Connell, Patrick Dempsey 2023 was the year of the biopic, with films like Ridley Scott’s Napoleon and Cristopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer aiming to shed light on their respective controversial and fascinating historical figures. Michael Mann’s decades-in-the-making Ferrari has sought to do the
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