The Directors’ Fortnight 2019 lineup has been revealed. As announced on Tuesday, interesting titles coming from anticipated directors like Takashi Miike, Robert Eggers and Lav Diaz are inclusive of this non-competitive film showcase. Lav Diaz’s Ang Hupa (or The Halt) joins this year’s roster of films and is just one of the
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Ryan Gosling serenades Emma Stone in new ‘La La Land’ trailer
Electrifying, exhilarating and astounding – Whiplash is probably one of the best psycho-thriller films of this decade, where director Damien Chazelle demonstrates his clear grasp of how film can be defined by music. La La Land, his follow-up to this Oscar darling, is set in contemporary Hollywood, but what this
Whiplash
Every frame of Whiplash is about rushing head-on past the fringe. It is about insanity. That is why the title could not be more apt. Whether it is the tragedy of mediocrity, the Great American Opium or one’s deceitful narcissism, filmmaker Damien Chazelle never settles by one conclusive end. And he
