International Feature
Japanese Auteur Ryusuke Hamaguchi on the Meditative and Mysterious ‘Drive My Car’
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, the co-writer and director of Drive My Car, a frontrunner for Best International Feature at the 2022 Oscars, joins...
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Paolo Sorrentino and Young Alter-Ego Chat ‘Hand of God’
“Cinema is a distraction from reality, which is lousy.” --Federico Fellini as quoted in Paolo Sorrentino’s The Hand of God...
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BAFTA Nominee Thomas Vinterberg Explores Nuance of Alcohol Consumption in ‘Another Round’
I like to think I am good luck for my interviewees. Nicole Beharie won the Gotham Award two days after...
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When All Hope is Lost, There Is ‘Hope,’ Filmmaker Maria Sødahl Lives to Tell
Imagine being told you only have three months to live? Then, nine years later, the film you made about the...
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Agnieszka Holland Continues to Push Boundaries in ‘Charlatan’
Agnieszka Holland is a truly international filmmaker who has blazed a trail for politically and socially relevant work in her...
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Jayro Bustamante On the Powerful Pain of International Feature Contender ‘La Llorona’
If La Llorona is nominated for International Feature at this year's Academy Awards, it will be the first entry from...
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Fernando Frias de la Parra On the Loneliness of a Different Kind of Immigrant Experience for ‘I’m No Longer Here’
Not every immigrant experience is the same. The sooner we accept and explore that notion, the more we can learn...
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Writer-Director Jasmila Žbanić Offers Complex Narratives in Potent ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’
On July 11, 1995, amidst the ever-growing turmoil in Bosnia, the Serbian army stormed the city of Srebrenica and forced...
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Writer-Director Kaouther Ben Hania Explores Freedom in Oscar-Shortlisted ‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’
The International Feature Film Oscar submissions this year include a rich and accomplished collection of filmmakers whose bold and singular...
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More Hope via the International Feature Film Category: 7 More Submissions
Last week I analyzed 80 of the 93 International Feature Film Oscar submissions. Since then, I was able to secure...
Read moreSeeking Hope in a Seemingly Hopeless World Through International Film
When I first pondered doing a piece on the Best International Feature Film Oscar submissions, I assumed I would be...
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Filippo Meneghetti and Barbara Sukowa Detail the Fragility of the Incredible ‘Two of Us’
Two of Us is a film made with beautiful delicacy and care that shows how established love can be unexpectedly...
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The Academy Announces New Rules for 92nd Oscars — “International Feature Film” to Replace “Foreign Language” Category
The Academy has scrapped the "Foreign Language Feature Film" category title and replaced it with "International Feature Film," in their...
Read moreYoiu're telling me! Don't Look Up will hopefully be that film nominated for a few but doesn't win anything.
I think Ricardos is in now for top 10 BP noms. Also thinking Javier could get the 5th slot. I…
Honestly it's nothing short of a Tragedy that Jennifer Hudson is being unscrupulously ignored this award season but seeing how…
I need to watch Ricardos again! See if it was the mood I was in with my distain...
Spotlight didn't also miss SAG Ensemble, though. :) But, yes, it's not dead.
