Jugu Abraham

LATEST ARTICLES ( 163 )

• 207. Japanese Director Naomi Kawase’s Film “Sharasoju” (Shara)(2003) (Japan)...

  

  Naomi Kawase is one of the most interesting female film directors alive and actively making films. Her films are slow moving, contemplative works that discuss... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 206. Russian Director Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky’s Film “Belye Nochi...

  

  “Where does this music come from? From the heavens or from the ground? Now it’s stopped.” --- A quote from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, used as the end quote for... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 205. US Director Jim Jarmusch’s Film “Paterson” (2016) (USA): A Delicate,...

  

  Paterson would appear to be a simple tale; but it is not. It is a film where Jim Jarmusch the original scriptwriter over-shadows Jim Jarmusch the director. Yet... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 204. Polish Maestro Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Film “Dekalog, Jeden” (Decalogue, One...

  

  Frozen lake The ten-part Dekalog is definitely one of the 10 best works of cinema ever made for this critic. Each segment of the ten-part film Dekalog is... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 203. French Director Jean-Pierre Melville’s and Cinematographer Henri Decaë’s...

  

  Some of the best films of celebrated filmmakers have been their debut films because they put in all their pent up creative energy in that effort to find... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 202. Romanian Director Cristian Mungiu’s Film “Bacalaureat” (Graduation) (2016)...

  

  The year 2016 saw the release of three very interesting award-winning films from three countries on two continents—all films on the same theme. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 201. Iranian Director Reza Mirkarimi’s Farsi Language Film “Dokhtar” (Daughter)...

  

  The year 2016 saw the release of two very interesting award-winning films from two countries from two continents. Both films deal with the father-daughter... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 200. British Director Ken Loach’s Film “I, Daniel Blake” (2016) (UK): Portrait o...

  

  Several directors in Europe have in recent years made outstanding award-winning films on the subject of working class bread-winners losing their jobs and... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 199. Russian Director Andrei Konchalovsky’s Russian Film “Ray” (Paradise)...

  

  “ A real director is not a director that makes films but who understands people. Or, in any case, tries to understand them because understanding people is, of... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 198. Italian Maestro Luchino Visconti’s “Gruppo Di Famiglia in Un Interno”...

  

  Conversation Piece-- the penultimate feature film of Luchino Visconti--is a complex, often confusing and yet ultimately a very rewarding film. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 197. US Director Terrence Malick’s “Knight of Cups” (2016) (USA): A Personal...

  

  Not many films would end with the enigmatic word “Begin.” Knight of Cups ends that way. That gives one a clue of the feature film. Terrence Malick is amazingly... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 196. Russian Director-duo Grigory Kozintsev’s and Leonid Trauberg’s Silent Film...

  

  The exaggeration of the film's actors... ...is fundamental to the film The New Babylon is a Russian silent film, made in 1929, centred on the events related to... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 195. Colombian Director Ciro Guerra’s “El Abrazo De La Serpiente” (Embrace of th...

  

  Both posters above are predominantly in black and white, while colour is utilized sparingly and effectively, as in the film “The display I witnessed in those... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 194. Iranian Director Jafar Panahi’s Farsi/Persian Language Film “Taxi” (2015),...

  

  The difficult Kafkaesque conditions for the intellectuals and the financially insecure in Iran discussed in Taxi are indeed very real. I have visited Iran... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 193. Icelandic Director Grímur Hákonarson’s Film “Hrútar” (Rams) (2015), Based o...

  

  Rams is an unusual tale, remarkably told. Rams are male sheep and the entire film is appropriately about two dour male, hairy, unshaven Icelandic brothers. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 192. Chilean Director Patricio Guzmán’s Spellbinding Documentary Feature Film “E...

  

  The Pearl Button is one of the most thought-provoking and visually stunning documentaries ever made. The incredible narration of the film, which deservedly won... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 191. Japanese Director Naomi Kawase’s “An” (Sweet Bean/Sweet Red Bean Paste)...

  

  Globally, Naomi Kawase is not as well known as are Japanese filmmakers Akira Kurosawa, Yasijiro Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Masaki Kobayashi, Nagisa Oshima, Hiroshi... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 190. French Director Stéphane Brizé’s “La Loi Du Marché” (The Measure of a Man)...

  

  Economic stress can do strange things to an upright individual. Stéphane Brizé’s French film The Measure of a Man does not merely look at individuals who... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 189. Colombian Director César Augusto Acevedo’s Debut Film “La Tierra y La Sombr...

  

  For a debut film, César Augusto Acevedo’s Land and Shade is amazing in its simplicity and quiet power. Land and Shade is powerful because it deals with two... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 188. Italian Director Paolo Sorrentino’s Second English Film “Youth” (2015):...

  

  Youth is the most rewarding film of 2015. It is not just humorous; beyond the laughs it has a depth that any inattentive viewer is likely to miss. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2016 CULTURE, MOVIES