Jugu Abraham

LATEST ARTICLES ( 163 )

• 265. Italian Film Director Uberto Pasolini’s Third Feature Film “Nowhere Special...

  

  “I wanted to make a film with this title for a long time. The title is from a dialogue at the end of Mel Brooks' film Blazing Saddles; one character asks the... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2021 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 264. Japanese Film Director Naomi Kawase’s Fourteenth Feature Film “Asa Ga...

  

  Director and co-scriptwriter Naomi Kawase, co-scriptwriter Izumi Takahashi and novelist Mizuki Tsujimura present a diversity of candidates in the film True... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2021 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 263. Mexican Film Director Carlos Reygadas’ Debut Film “Japón” (Japan) (2002),...

  

  My goal is to observe life and not to mystify it. What I film is simply matter that exists in the world. A person or object may have a particular meaning... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2021 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 262. Spanish Film Director Oliver Laxe’s Film “O Que Arde” (Fire Will Come)...

  

  “If they hurt others, it’s because they hurt, too.”-- Benedicta, mother of Amador, responding to Amador’s comment on the root formation of the Eucalyptus tree, ... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2021 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 261. US Film Directors Cathy Allyn’s and Nick Loeb’s Film “Roe v. Wade” (2021),...

  

  Roe v. Wade is a 2021 feature film that provides considerable insight from a pro-life point of view into a very important US Supreme Court judgement given in... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2021 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 260. Côte d’Ivoire’s (Ivory Coast’s) Film Director Phillippe Lacôte’s Second...

  

  “I don’t make a lot of films...I can only shoot what is essential to me” --Director Phillippe Lacôte in a interview to CNN titled "Machetes and Microbes: Why... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2021 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 259. Lesotho’s Film Director Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s Second Feature Film “Thi...

  

  “Let the dead bury the dead, you shall leave no trace. Bury your existence, lest they say there lived a sufferer. The soul-less march of time has surrounded you... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2020 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 258. US Director Henry Butash’s Debut Feature Film “The Atlantic City...

  

  There are films that begin to mesmerize a viewer when you watch the initial sequence closely. This is often the case when you view a debut film that is also... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2020 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 257. Iranian Director Mohammad Rasoulof’s Seventh Feature Film “Shetan Vojud...

  

  The film is “about people taking responsibility” for their actions and “each story is based on my own experience” ---Director Mohammad Rasoulof, quoted from... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2020 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 256. Italian Director Mauro Mancini’s Debut Feature Film “Non Odiare” (Thou Shal...

  

  “I wanted what the characters don’t say to each other to be more important than what they do say to each other” ---Director Mauro Mancini’s statement to... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2020 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 255. Japanese Director Takashi Koizumi’s Film “Hakase No Aishita Sushiki” (The...

  

  To see a World in a Grain of Sand, And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the Palm of your Hand, And Eternity in an Hour ---opening lines from William... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2020 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 254. US Director Abel Ferrara’s Semi-autobiographical Feature Film “Tommaso”...

  

  The year 2019 saw four directors from four different countries make semi-autobiographical feature films: Spanish director Pedro Almodovar made Pain and Glory,... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2020 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 253. Brazilian Director Kleber Mendonca Filho’s Debut Feature Film “O Soma o...

  

  Film directors often make amazing debut feature films. These debut films can be awesome if they are based on the director’s original scripts rather than an... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2020 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 252. Russian Director Ilya Khrzhanovskiy’s Debut Feature Film “Chetyre” (4)...

  

  “Exhausted by hunger, he ate in secret. He thought he was stealing food; but that was better than stealing from strangers” -- Narrator of a TV program on dogs,... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2020 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 251. Turkish Director Semih Kaplanoglu’s Seventh Feature Film “Baglilik Asli”...

  

  The poster captures the essence of the film-- the child is the fulcrum of the tale, with the mother almost absent in the frame Film directors and screenplay... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2020 CULTURE, MOVIES

• The Late Hungarian Film Director Zoltan Fabri Speaks to the Indian Film Critic...

  

  Zoltan Fabri, 1917-94 (Courtesy: MUBI) Transcript of the interview published in the daily newspaper The Telegraph, (Kolkata, India) on 15 August 1982 Zoltan... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2020 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 250. Brazilian Director Maya Da-Rin’s Debut Feature Film “A Febre” (The Fever)...

  

  Two films made in 2019 mark the resurgence of Brazilian cinema: Dornelles’ and Filho’s joint effort Bacurau (a Cannes film festival winner) and debutant Maya... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2020 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 249. Portuguese Director Pedro Costa’s Seventh Feature Film “Vitalina Varela”...

  

  Film director Jean Luc Godard had said “In the temple of cinema, there are images, light and reality. Sergei Parajanov was the master of that temple. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2020 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 248. French Director Céline Sciamma’s Fourth Feature Film “Portrait De La Jeune...

  

  Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire may be described by some as a feminist film that tells a tale of four women characters in 18th century France... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2020 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 247. Russian Director Kantemir Balagov’s Second Feature Film “Dylda” (Beanpole)...

  

  Three very interesting and complex films on women with screenplays written by the film’s own directors are those made by male directors. One of those three woul... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2020 CULTURE, MOVIES