“Glocal” is the key word for the Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival as the annual event provides a platform for both local and global projects. Of the 93 international submissions to the Oscars, the Florida fest has picked seven films “that moved us and that would speak powerfully to our Miami audience,” says festival executive director Jaie Laplante, who leads a selection committee alongside programming co-director, Lauren Cohen.
“We’ve always thought it important to look out for films by female directors but it wasn’t at all difficult this year,” says Cohen about the festival’s lineup, which includes nearly 100 shorts and features from some 40 countries.
This year’s 38th edition, which takes place March 5-14, and for the first time in its history, runs before the Oscars, includes international film shortlisted contenders “La Llorona,” “Sun Children,” “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” “Charlatan,” “The Mole Agent” and “Night of the Kings.
“We’ve always thought it important to look out for films by female directors but it wasn’t at all difficult this year,” says Cohen about the festival’s lineup, which includes nearly 100 shorts and features from some 40 countries.
This year’s 38th edition, which takes place March 5-14, and for the first time in its history, runs before the Oscars, includes international film shortlisted contenders “La Llorona,” “Sun Children,” “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” “Charlatan,” “The Mole Agent” and “Night of the Kings.
- 3/5/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Maroon 5 have released a new song with Megan Thee Stallion, “Beautiful Mistakes.”
“Beautiful Mistakes” is a subtle bit of pop-rock with heavy drums anchoring a swirl of atmospheric synths and soft guitar. The lyrics find frontman Adam Levine wracked by memories of lost love — “I wouldn’t take ’em back/I’m in love with the past/And now we lie awake/Making beautiful mistakes” — while Megan seems determined to move on: “I know it’s hard to let go, I’m the best,” she raps, “Best you ever had...
“Beautiful Mistakes” is a subtle bit of pop-rock with heavy drums anchoring a swirl of atmospheric synths and soft guitar. The lyrics find frontman Adam Levine wracked by memories of lost love — “I wouldn’t take ’em back/I’m in love with the past/And now we lie awake/Making beautiful mistakes” — while Megan seems determined to move on: “I know it’s hard to let go, I’m the best,” she raps, “Best you ever had...
- 3/3/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Before Malayalam director Jeethu Joseph directed Drishyam, the blockbuster family drama that went on to be remade in several other Indian languages, he created the thriller Memories, starring Prithviraj as an alcoholic police officer who takes up a parallel investigation into a series of strange murders. It released a few months before Drishyam, was decently reviewed, and in no way predicted the amazing success of the latter film. And yet -- and I know I'm in the minority here -- I much preferred Memories to the blockbuster Drishyam, for a number of reasons, including the fact that Prithviraj's performance as the broken, alcoholic Sam Alex was incredibly interesting, especially as he was drawn into the mystery and the attempt to resolve it. So I'm actually...
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- 8/27/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Jeethu Joseph’s 2013 film Drishyam (“Visual”) caused a sensation in the Malayalam film industry (from the state of Kerala in the south of India) when it became a smashing box office success – it managed to revive the flagging career of Complete Actor Mohanlal and its box office record take of over 60 crore rupees remains unbeaten. It went on to remakes in four other Indian languages, including a Tamil version, Papanasam (“Destruction of Sins”) starring Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan and directed by Joseph himself. After a brief foray into the coming-of-age genre with popular comedian Dileep in 2015’s Life of Josutty, Joseph is back with his Memories star Prithviraj (who is coming off a string of hit films in the last year) in a...
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- 7/8/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Chennai, Dec 16: Actor Prithviraj Sukumaran, known for films like "Celluloid" and "Aiyyaa", has donned the khaki uniform for the fourth time in a row in upcoming Malayalam action-thriller "7th Day".
He has earlier played a police officer in films such as "Mumbai Police", "Aurangzeb" and "Memories".
The actor will be seen in the role of an ageing Ips officer in "7th Day", which is being directed by Shyam Dhar.
"Prithvi will be playing an Ips officer, who gets suspended and from then on he starts investigating a case that has not been recorded. I couldn't think of anyone else besides Prithvi. Since he has already played cop roles and has been widely appreciated for his performances, I zeroed in on him," director Shyam.
He has earlier played a police officer in films such as "Mumbai Police", "Aurangzeb" and "Memories".
The actor will be seen in the role of an ageing Ips officer in "7th Day", which is being directed by Shyam Dhar.
"Prithvi will be playing an Ips officer, who gets suspended and from then on he starts investigating a case that has not been recorded. I couldn't think of anyone else besides Prithvi. Since he has already played cop roles and has been widely appreciated for his performances, I zeroed in on him," director Shyam.
- 12/16/2013
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
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