800 – Narrative Arts

 Petzold’s new film finally made it to my little town and, big Petzold fan that I am, I went to go see it asap. I’m including the trailer (above) and the interview he did in New York for the

For whatever reason, their doesn’t seem to be a trailer with English subtitles. But don’t let that dissuade you, if you don’t speak Spanish. The DVD has got you covered. Well worth the effort. A recovering Bank Robber gets out

Concept 101, from an IMDB editor out of New Zealand Vanya is a 6 year old orphan living in a rundown orphanage in a remote Russian village. For Vanya and the other children, life is without hope, unless, of course,

I generally avoid theaters, as many of you know, so I’ve only just seen David Oelhofen‘s Far From Men. It’s one of those movies that you just can’t see, the first time around, even if you grew up in Algeria,

Dheepan, the new Audiard, finally showed up in my little town’s independent theater. I’m definitely glad I got to see it on a large screen and I’m definitely looking forward to the Director Commentary on the DVD release. Dheepan won

Jacques Audiard’s Prophet tells the story of a 19-year-old French youth of Algerian descent who is sentenced to six years in prison for reasons unknown — possibly chronic vagrancy. Alone and illiterate upon his arrival, a posse of Corsican mobsters

Not, as some would have it, a Bollywood film. Definitely a Boutique film. A deeply affectionate portrait of Mumbai’s Regular Folk. And Regular Folk period.