Jugu Abraham

LATEST ARTICLES ( 163 )

• 284. Indian Director Payal Kapadia’s 2nd Feature Film “All We Imagine as Light”...

  

  "There is always a feeling that I have to leave." -- an off-screen remark on the cloud of impermanence faced by an Indian immigrant to Mumbai, the Indian... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2024 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 283. The Vietnamese Director Thien An Pham’s Debut Feature Film “Ben Trong Vo Ke...

  

  “Faith is what I am searching for” --answers the film’s main character, Thien, to his toddler nephew’s question, on what is faith, soon after his dead mother... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2024 CULTURE, MOVIES

• The Polish Film Maestro Krzysztof Zanussi Converses with Jugu Abraham on 14 Dec...

  

  Krzysztof Zanussi (84) has won the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival for his film A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984), the Jury prize at the Cannes film... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2023 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 282. The Talented Indigenous Australian Filmmaker Ivan Sen’s 11th Feature Film...

  

  "Limbo is the continuation of themes I explored in my previous films. Those earlier films dealt with indigenous perspective through the eyes of an indigenous... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2023 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 281. German Filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 11th Feature Film “The Bitter...

  

  “Of course, he took me seriously, respected my opinions.. but, nevertheless, he wanted to be the breadwinner. That way, oppression lies; that’s obvious. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2023 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 280. Russian Maestro Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky’s 24th Feature Film “Sin“...

  

  “Arrogance is sin” “I wanted to find God; I only found Man” “Money always rubs elbows with infamy” --key lines spoken in Sin--co-scripted by Andrei... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2023 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 279. Iranian Film Director Mohammad Rasoulof’s Second Feature Film “Jazireh Ahan...

  

  Mohammad Rasoulof is different from most filmmakers. He does not adapt written works—he writes his own original screenplays stitched together from what he... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2023 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 278. US Film Director Todd Field’s Third Feature Film “Tár” (2022), Based on...

  

  Quotes from the film that provide glimpses of the thought-provoking script: (Tár, being interviewed by Adam Gopnik in front of a live audience on Tár... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2022 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 277. Japanese Film Director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Fifteenth Feature Film “Broker”...

  

  "'Thank you for being born.' - A single sentence that touches the audience in such a way that entire films rarely can. When every character, no matter how... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2022 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 276. The Late French Director Bertrand Tavernier’s Feature Film “Ça Commence...

  

  "For its commitment to everyday heroism, its multi-layered approach to an array of social problems, and for the visual force of the storytelling. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2022 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 275. Italian Director Paolo Taviani’s Twenty-second Feature Film “Leonora...

  

  “Have any of you read Pirandello?” asks a senior priest in a Sicilian seminary to his junior priests “I read him in secret, then I confessed” replies a junior... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2022 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 274. Turkish Director Semih Kaplanoglu’s Eighth Feature Film “Baglilik Hasan”...

  

  "You think you can go on a pilgrimage and come back clean as a whistle? Only God can forgive you, sir." --Turgut, an honest former employee of Hasan, branded... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2022 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 273. Thai Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Tenth Complete Feature Film,...

  

  “A sound like a rumble from the core of the earth” —Jessica (Tilda Swinton), a Scotswoman and a scientist, describing the sound that woke her up one day from... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2022 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 272. Russian Director Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky’s Fifteenth Feature Film “Do...

  

  A majority of film critics and viewers tend to dismiss Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky’s films in their initial assessments, especially in recent decades. Why is... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2022 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 271. Japanese Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Ninth Feature Film “Doraibu Mai Ka”...

  

  Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car will appeal to different folks for totally different reasons. Those familiar with Haruki Murakami’s written work flock to... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2022 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 270. German Film Director Maria Schrader’s Third Feature Film “Ich Bin Dein...

  

  “Your pain is pathetic. It is pathetic because it is relative. It is also not pathetic because it is part of you, and that’s why I love it. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2021 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 269. Canadian Film Director Denis Côté’s Tenth Feature Film “Hygiène Sociale”...

  

  The title of the film Social Hygiene will remind viewers of the Covid pandemic’s cardinal rule to avoid infection—maintain social distancing to avoid infection. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2021 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 268. Iranian Film Directors Maryam Moghadam’s and Behtash Sanaeeha’s Feature Fil...

  

  And recall when Moses said to his people, “Allah commands you to slaughter a cow” They answered, “Do you make a mockery of us? Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2021 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 267. Uruguayan Film Director Rodrigo Plá’s Sixth Feature Film “El Otro Tom”...

  

  “Although you don't attempt to show it, one has a point of view on things and it ends up emerging, whether you like it or not. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2021 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 266. The Late Chilean Maestro Raoul Ruiz’ Film in French “Les Trois Couronnes...

  

  “You always need a living sailor on a ship full of the dead. That was me.” (Final spoken lines of the film) “Never forget that memories, imagination and... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2021 CULTURE, MOVIES