Jugu Abraham

LATEST ARTICLES ( 163 )

• 226. Italian/US Director Andrea Pallaoro’s Film “Hannah” (2017)...

  

  Hannah is the second film of Italian director Andrea Pallaoro—and, according to him, it is the second film of a trilogy of films he is making which appear to... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 225. British Director Peter Brook’s Film “Meetings with Remarkable Men” (1979)...

  

  “When I realized that (ancient wisdom)... had been handed down...from generation to generation for thousands of years, and yet had reached our day almost... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 224. Indian Director Rahul Jain’s Debut, Long-documentary Film “Machines” (2016)...

  

  India produces some of the world’s most attractive textiles that contribute to making lives in India and elsewhere colourful and comfortable-- whether it be... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 223. Japanese Director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s 12th Feature Film “Sandome No...

  

  More than half a century ago the Japanese maestro Akira Kurosawa made a classic film Rashomon (1950) about a samurai’s death and the rape of the samurai’s wife. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 222. Russian Director Andrei Konchalovsky’s US Film “Shy People” (1987): An...

  

  To appreciate the nuanced merits of Shy People, the viewer would be better advised to know a bit about its Russian director and story-writer Andrei Konchalovsky. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 221. Bulgarian Director Stephan Komandarev’s Film “Posoki” (Directions) (2017):...

  

  Directions could be described as Central Europe’s companion piece to the celebrated Argentine 2014 black comedy and film anthology Wild Tales. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES

• Russian Maestro Aleksandr Sokurov Speaks to Jugu Abraham on Grigori Kozintsev an...

  

  Background note on Russian filmmakers Sokurov and Kozintsev Russian film director Aleksandr Sokurov (66) is famous for diverse reasons. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 220. Iranian Director Mohammad Rasoulof’s “Lerd” (A Man of Integrity) (2017),...

  

  "Early on, this film introduces us to many different facets of its main character's life that barely seem to relate. Gradually and powerfully, the script... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 219. Swedish Director Ruben Östlund’s “The Square” (2017), Based on His...

  

  “The square is a sanctuary of trust and caring. Within it we all share equal rights and obligations” ---Explanation written for an abstract art installation, a... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 218. Russian Director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Film “Nelyubov” (Loveless) (2017)...

  

  On the very obvious level, Loveless is a modern tale of a middle-class family living in Moscow. Boris and Zhenya, the parents of a 12 year old schoolboy Aloysha... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 217. Turkish Director Semih Kaplanoglu’s Film “Grain” (Bugday) (2017) (Turkey),...

  

  Grain is a very important film of 2017. It is an important for several reasons. Globally, very few feature films have dealt with agriculture as the focal point. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 216. Hungarian Director Ildikó Enyedi’s Film “Teströl És Lélekröl” (On Body and...

  

  “Teströl és lélekröl (On Body and Soul) is an idiosyncratic love story full of lyricism and humour, free of all social conventions. Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 215. Belgian Directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardennes’ Francophone Film...

  

  “Your name is Rosetta. My name is Rosetta. You found a job. I found a job. You've got a friend. I've got a friend. You have a normal life. I have a normal... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 214. Indian Director Praveen Morchhales’s Film “Walking with the Wind” (2017)...

  

  Director Praveen Morchhale is an emerging noteworthy filmmaker from India making films based on his own original scripts that use children in pivotal,... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 213. US Director Michael Almereyda’s Film “Marjorie Prime” (2017) (USA):...

  

  “Nobody is who he was. Nobody will be who he is now” --lines spoken in the film, adapted from Jordan Harrison’s play Marjorie Prime, a finalist for the 2015... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 212. Czech Directors Jan Kadar’s and Elmar Klos’ Film “Touha Zvaná Anada”...

  

  My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes. --Psalms 38:10 (Epigraph/quote that opens the film, before the titles) Adrift is th... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 211. US Director Sofia Coppola’s Film “The Beguiled” (2017) (USA): An Interestin...

  

  It is imperative that when a director adapts a novel into a film that one ought to compare how that effort changes or enhances the entertainment of the... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 210. The Late Chilean Maestro Raoul Ruiz’ European Film “Klimt” (2006)...

  

  “Who art thou? “asked the guardian of the night. ” From crystal purity I come,” was my reply.” And great my thirst, Persephone. Yet heeding thy decree I take... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 209. French Director Maurice Pialat’s French Film “Sous Le Soleil De Satan”...

  

  Any review of the film Under the Sun of Satan ought to state the following factoid upfront. When the movie was announced as the winner of the Palme d'Or at the... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 208. Belgian Directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Film “Le Gamin Au Vélo”...

  

  "We tend to think that the closer one gets to the cup, to the hand, to the mouth whose lips are drinking, the more one will be able to feel something invisible—... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES