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- Oct 4
- 3 min
“Don’t blame me, blame Mattel. I don’t care.” -Weird Barbie
“Barbie has a great day every day, but Ken only has a great day if Barbie looks at him.” -Narrator. Imagine living in a world where women...
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- Sep 12
- 3 min
“The corporate greed has made it very difficult for people to have lives,” Susan Sarandon
On August 10, Hollywood screenwriters had already been on strike for 100 days, they were followed by actors in mid-July, which made this...
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- Aug 1
- 3 min
“I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” — Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones in The Temple of Doom promotional photo via Disney The heat of a Cypriot summer has just hit us and sitting in a cool dark...
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- Jun 27
- 8 min
Impact d'un rôle sur une actrice
Action! Un mois de vacances aux Etats-Unis et une obsession collective sur la platforme Netflix USA: In The Dark, une série télévisée...
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- May 24
- 2 min
"I suppose I think of myself as a film maker" Kathryn Bigelow
If approximately 50% of the world’s population is female, why is it that less than 3% of women directors have ever received an Oscar! ...
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- Apr 11
- 2 min
Underground cinema: "a creature of publicity and mutual congratulations on artistry" Pauline Kael
Underground cinema is radical in form and usually operates out of the mainstream cinema either in style, genre or financing. It can also...
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- Mar 1
- 3 min
The city buried under the dunes
‘As a boy, I used to look upon hieroglyphics as so many wonderful pictures’ Cecil B. DeMille Amazingly, one hundred years ago in 1923,...
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- Feb 7
- 3 min
Film conservation and its impact on our modern societies
The Film Foundation is a US-based non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation and the exhibition of restored and classic...
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- Dec 14, 2022
- 3 min
“The thing women still have to learn is that nobody gives you power. You just take it.” *
Does it surprise you to learn that the actors with the most nominations and the one who has been awarded the most Oscars are both women? ...
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- Nov 1, 2022
- 2 min
The essence of Bollywood: “Those who don't fulfill their own dreams fulfill others’ dreams”
Bollywood, the Hindi-language sector of the Indian moviemaking industry that began in Bombay (now Mumbai) in the 1930s developed slowly...
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- Oct 25, 2022
- 3 min
“See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good.” - Hayao Miyazaki
Recently, we have been sorting through the ICFFCY collection of films that were once screened at our children and youth film festival. ...
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- Sep 5, 2022
- 2 min
Do or do not. There is no “try.” – Yoda, Star Wars
‘That might sound boring, but I think the boring stuff is the stuff I remember the most.’ Up How do you feel after you’ve watched a movie?...
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- Jul 26, 2022
- 3 min
ACTING OR BEING THE PART
‘I am spontaneous and not a method actor.’ Rishi Kapoor Stella Adler teaching her Method of acting in the 60s What does acting mean for...
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- Jun 8, 2022
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I seem to have a knack for picking movies that go on to be cult favorites. (Kurt Russell)
“Cult movies are basically movies Hollywood missed the first time - that they should have gotten - and then the fans got it and made it...
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- Apr 27, 2022
- 2 min
A diversity and inclusion moment: AN ACT OF ART
It is not news, but it has become a conversation to have recently. Otto Preminger did it in 1954 with Carmen Jones, an American musical...
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- Apr 13, 2022
- 3 min
And the winner is…
So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year? Christina Aguilera Would you like to work in the film industry? Would you...
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- Mar 2, 2022
- 2 min
“Even miracles take a little time.” — Fairy Godmother, Cinderella
All children, no matter where they are in the world, grow up listening to stories. A lot of these stories are based on traditional oral...
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- Feb 18, 2022
- 2 min
From Feuillade to Netflix... Nothing is new!
Before Netflix produced series that are very popular, Television was producing them (soap operas, Dallas, Coronation Street, Plus belle...
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
"It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air." – W.T. Ellis
Photo credits: Adobe Stock Screenshot - 'It's a Wonderful life' 1946 Scrooge - poster Walt Disney
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