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Connecting the diverse community of world-film enthusiasts across barriers of language, nationality, ethnicity and geography.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 54 )
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Pras on WorldFilms: LION (Australia)
Based on Saroo Brierley’s best-selling memoir, “A Long Way Home,” the film tells the true story of a 5-year-old Indian boy who fell asleep on a train and ended... Read more
Posted on 05 February 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: MARGUERITE (French/Belgian, 2015)
In French director Xavier Giannoli’s pitch-perfect comedy of manners, “Marguerite,” a shameless chanteuse with a surplus of money and a shortage of talent buys... Read more
Posted on 24 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: A NOBLE INTENTION (“Publieke Werken”/Dutch)
Its 1888, the magnificent Central Station in Amsterdam is being built, and in an effort to gentrify the area, all houses must yield for the planned luxury... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: THE GREAT MATCH (“La Gran Final” / Various)
A visually breathtaking, gently comic homage to the indigenous communities that are its subject and to soccer’s power to penetrate lives, THE GREAT MATCH is... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: BRAHMAN NAMAN (English)
When a film begins with Jethro Tull playing “Locomotive Breath“, and ends with The Doors singing the “Alabama Song“, it is a film I must make time to sit down... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: WINTER IN WARTIME (Dutch/English/German)
WINTER IN WARTIME is a film set winter of 1944 in a village in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands (as Holland endured the Nazis’ icy grip) and shot in Lithuania, is... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: NIGHT OWLS
The story follows Kevin (Adam Pally) and Madeline (Rosa Salazar), two misguided souls helplessly bound together by a string of circumstances that only make sens... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: BEFORE WE GO
In “Before We Go,” Chris Evans’ directorial debut, the film creates a tepid homage (in title and form) to Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy’s... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: THEEB
THEEB is a visually stunning and spellbinding Jordanian adventure film set in the farthest reaches of the Ottoman Empire in 1916. Read more
Posted on 05 August 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI | Film-Maker | 1997 Palme d’Or Winner | R.I.P.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI | One Of The Most Respected Film Directors To Emerge On Global Stage From Iran | Hounded By Iran’s Political Regime. Forced To Work Out Of... Read more
Posted on 05 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: SANGRE DE MI SANGRE (US/Mexico | English/Spanish)
Director and screenwriter Christopher Zalla’s debut film “PADRE NUESTRO,” (also released as “Sangre De Mi Sangre” in the US) is a tale of stolen identity and... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: HORN PLEASE (India / Documentary)
One unmistakable feature of the Indian highway is the presence of the brightly decorated trucks that ply the country’s roads. The men who drive these trucks... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: AMAL (Hindi / Canadian)
AMAL is a 2007 Canadian drama film directed and written by Toronto-based filmmaker Richie Mehta. Set in modern-day New Delhi, India, it tells the story of a poo... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: LONDON HAS FALLEN
A sequel to an earlier Antoine Fuqua’s 2013 original (“Olympus Has Fallen”). After the death of the British prime minister, the world’s most powerful leaders... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: HAIL, CESAR !
A Hilarious Coen Brothers Film That Spoofs 1950s-Era Film-Making Under The Hollywood Studio System.Four-time Oscar®-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: A BORROWED IDENTITY / (“Dancing Arabs”)
Based on the autobiographical writings of Arab-Israeli writer Seyad Kashua, the film “A BORROWED IDENTITY” shows us a world in which an us-versus-them mentalit... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: EDDIE THE EAGLE
Eddie the Eagle is a heartwarming, and a very entertaining sports film inspired by the story of Michael “Eddie” Edwards, Britain’s first ski jumper to compete i... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: PIKU
The film explores the relationship between an old father and his daughter on whom he completely depends. A father who introduces his 30-year-old daughter to he... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: Michael Moore’s WHERE TO INVADE NEXT
Sarcastic, Hilarious, Educational And As Always, (Almost) Guaranteed To Make You Feel Shitty About The System That Exists In United States. Read more
Posted on 26 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pras on WorldFilms: THE BEST OFFER
Set in the elegant world of high-end art and antique dealers, Giuseppe Tornatore’s The Best Offer is a romantic thriller that plays out like a cross between Hug... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES