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Naomi Kawase directs (from left) Yoshinaga Jun (Kyoto), Murakami Nijirô (Kaito) and Tokita Fujio (Kyoto's grandfather?)

The Global Film Book Blog

The Nile Hilton Incident (Sweden-Denmark-Germany 2017) May 15, 2018
The Nile Hilton Incident is an intriguing film, not only in its presentation of an exciting crime thriller in a precise location, but also as a film production which invokes a specific kind of response. In its own way it’s the perfect case study for ideas about global film. This film is a product of … Continue reading →
Gholam (UK-Iran 2017) April 26, 2018
This unusual film places a major Iranian star actor, known in the West for three leading roles in the films of Asghar Farhadi, into a downbeat slow-paced thriller set in parts of North London. The director is Mitra Tabrizian, Professor of Photography at the University of Westminster whose 2005 exhibition ‘Border’ appears to have been … Continue reading → […]
Las Plantas (Plants, Chile 2015) March 26, 2018
Chilean cinema has certainly developed in recent years. This month a Chilean film won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and here is a first-time writer-director Roberto Doveris creating an unusual coming-of-age story which succeeds on several levels. A weird and wonderful tale, Las Plantas combines genres and ideas that don’t always cohere, but the … Cont […]
Godspeed (Yi Lu Shun Feng, Taiwan 2016) February 21, 2018
This year’s Chinese New Year screening at HOME Manchester presented by the Chinese Film Forum UK and the Confucius Institute at The University of Manchester, was a Taiwanese film. We’ve had a variety of features over the last few years in Manchester and they have usually been films that haven’t been acquired for UK release. … Continue reading →
Ek Tha Tiger (India (Hindi) 2012) January 12, 2018
Ek Tha Tiger introduced the pairing of Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif as ‘super spies’ in a Hindi cinema blockbuster for Eid 2012 that became a big commercial hit. It’s interesting to re-visit now that the sequel has been similarly successful after release during the Christmas period of 2017. Though both films are instantly recognisable … Continue reading → […]
Ordinary Heroes (Qian yan wan yu, Hong Kong (Cantonese) 1999) October 23, 2017
‘Creative Visions’ is the title of the latest celebration of Hong Kong Cinema at HOME in Manchester (continuing a series of celebrations that started during the cinema’s previous incarnation as Cornerhouse). This latest short season of films presents work from 1997-2017, twenty years since the handover of Hong Kong back to China. HOME’s seasons come … Contin […]

Media Student’s Book Blog

Balancing left and right
The Labour leadership election appears to have got the UK press and broadcasting media in a real tizz. One of the most aggravating aspects of the reporting is the constant appendage of ‘left-wing’ to any reference to Jeremy Corbyn. He is … Continue reading →
Defining the other
The 10th anniversary of the ‘7/7 bombings’ in 2005 in London saw a range of remembrance events across the UK. These resulted in a great deal of media coverage. One BBC radio reporter referred to the four young bombers and … Continue reading →
Getting the balance right
The local elections in England last week produced two examples of quandaries for broadcasters. The big story for the BBC and other commentators was the rise of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), led by a curiously charismatic Nigel Farage. UKIP are … Continue reading →
Welsh TV noir: Hinterland (UK 2013)
Hinterland is a good example of the global/local. Like some other modern states the UK has statutory requirements and cultural policies that protect the other languages in the Home Nations and this means support for both Welsh and Gaelic broadcasters … Continue reading →

Cineuropa

TV series Perfume set to intoxicate audiences - Television – Germany
The six-episode first season of the murder series, set in modern-day Germany and infused with key elements of Patrick Süskind's novel, will world-premiere in Munich
Small is Biútiful due to showcase six Spanish projects in Paris - Industry - France/Spain
French professionals will be able to find out more about projects by Carles Torras, Asier Altuna, Albert Arizza, Liliana Castaz Diaz, Julio Mazaric and Rocío Mesa on 27 June
Review: Crush My Heart - Films – Austria
Beggars can’t be choosers is the message at the heart of Alexandra Makarová’s directorial debut, an ill-fated Roma love story set in Vienna
Norwegian Film Institute’s Sørfond supports six new international co-productions - Funding - Norway
The international fund dedicated to co-productions aims to promote film culture, to fly the flag for diversity and to safeguard freedom of expression
The European Parliament votes to support digital content creators - Legislation - Europe
The European Parliament is proposing an overhaul of copyright laws in favour of online content creators vis-à-vis digital platforms
Review: Una vita spericolata - Film - Italy
Marco Ponti’s sixth feature film is a grotesque on-the-road comedy in which three young rebels find themselves unwittingly involved in a robbery
The NIFFF unveils a programme teeming with the best of genre cinema - NIFFF 2018
From 6 to 14 July, Neuchâtel will fly the flag for genre cinema with yet another astonishing line-up at this fearless and unflinching 18th edition of the festival
Kacey Mottet Klein and Anamaria Vartolomei to top the bill in Just Kids - Production – France/Switerland
The highly talented duo will lead the cast of the new film by Christophe Blanc, a Blue Monday production sold by Be For Films, with shooting scheduled to start at the end of July

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