Showing posts with label 2021. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2021. Show all posts

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022!


We thank Almighty God for protecting and saving our lives in spite of the frightening challenges of 2021. 

We are more than conquerors and triumpant overcomers and victorious champions through our MESSIAH JESUS Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever.

Romans 8:37- 39-

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.



Friday, November 12, 2021

"The Hand of God" is One of the Best Films in 2021



#God
#netflix
#italy🇮🇹
#italian
#bestpicture
#cinematography
#academyawards
#Oscars 
#academyawards2022
#94thAcademyAwards


"The Hand of God" (Italian: È stata la mano di Dio), the 2021 Italian drama film written, directed, and produced by Academy Award winner, Paolo Sorrentino is affirmatively one of the best films of the year.

The Cinematography should get a nomination at the 94th Academy Awards  for  Daria D'Antonio.

It competed for the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury Prize.

It is the Italian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.

The Story:

In 1980s Naples, young Fabietto pursues his love for football as family tragedy strikes, shaping his uncertain but promising future as a filmmaker.

"The Hand of God" is a story full of unexpected joys, such as the arrival of football legend Diego Maradona, and an equally unexpected tragedy. Fate plays its part, joy and tragedy intertwine, and Fabietto's future is set in motion. Sorrentino returns to his hometown to tell his most personal story, a tale of fate and family, sports and cinema, love and loss.

Starring:Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo

My Verdict: It will get up to 4 nominations at the 94th Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film, Best Cinematography, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. 

Distributed by Netflix
Release date
2 September 2021 (Venice)
24 November 2021
Running time
130 minutes

Definitely one of the top 10 must see movies on my Top Watch List of 2021.


Saturday, June 5, 2021

Official Selection of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival



Official Selection of 2021 Cannes Film Festival

The 74th annual  Cannes Film Festival will take place from July 6-17, 2021 in France, celebrating the triumph of the human spirit over the unforeseen circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and the unbreakable vision of the cinema. 

French director Leos Carax's long-awaited musical film Annette will serve as the opening film of the festival. The Official Selection is scheduled to be announced June 3, 2021. Americana actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster, will be awarded the Honorary Palme d'Or.

COMPETITION

“Ahed’s Knee” OR “Ha’berech,” Nadav Lapid (Israel) 
“Annette,” Leos Carax (France) — OPENING FILM
"Benedetta,” Paul Verihoeven (Netherlands) 
“Bergman Island,” Mia Hansen-Løve (France) 
“Casablanca Beats,” Nabil Ayouch (Morocco) 
“Compartment No. 6” OR “Hytti Nro 6,” Juho Kuosmanen (Finland) 
“Drive My Car,” Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (France) 
“Everything Went Fine” OR “Tout s’est bien passé,” Francois Ozon (France) “Flag Day,” Sean Penn (U.S.) 
“France,” Bruno Dumont (France)
 “The French Dispatch,” Wes Anderson (U.S.) 
“A Hero,” Asghar Farhadi (Iran) 
“La fracture,” Catherine Corsini (France) 
“Lingui,” Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad) 
 “Memoria,” Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand) 
 “Nitram,” Justin Kurzel (Australia) “Paris, 13th District” OR “Les Olympiades,” Jacques Audiard (France) “Petrov’s Flu,” Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia) 
“Red Rocket,” Sean Baker (U.S.) 
 “The Restless” OR “Les Intranquilles,” Joachim Lafosse (Belgium) 
 “The Story of My Wife,” Ildikó Enyedi (Hungary) 
 “Three Floors” OR “Tre Piani,” Nanni Moretti (Italy) 
 “Titane,” Julia Ducournau (France) “The Worst Person in the World,” Joachim Trier (Norway) 

UN CERTAIN REGARD 

“After Yang,” Kogonada (U.S.) 
 “Blue Bayou,” Justin Chon (U.S.) “Bonne Mère,” Hafsia Herzi (France) “Commitment Hasan,” Hasan Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey) 
“Freda,” Gessica Généus (Haiti) 
“Gaey Wa’r,” Na Jiazuo (China) 
"Great Freedom,” Sebastian Meise (Austria) 
“House Arrest” OR “Delo,” Alexey German Jr. (Russia) 
“The Innocents,” Eskil Vogt (Norway) “La Civil,” Teodora Ana Mihai (Romania-Belgium) 
“Lamb,” Valdimar Jóhansson (Iceland) “Let There Be Morning,” Eran Kolirin (Israel) 
“Moneyboys,“ C.B. Yi (Austria) “Noche de Fuego,” Tatiana Huezo (Mexico) 
“Rehana Maryam Noor,” Abdullah Mohammad Saad (Bangladesh) “Unclenching the Fists,” Kira Kovalenko (Russia) 
“Un Monde,” Laura Wandel (Belgium) “Women Do Cry,” Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova (Bulgaria) OUT OF COMPETITION “Aline, the Voice of Love,” Valerie Lemercier (France) “Bac Nord,” Cédric Jimenez (France) “Emergency Declaration,” Han Jae-Rim (S. Korea “Peaceful” OR “De son vivant,” Emmanuelle Bercot (France) “Stillwater,” Tom McCarthy (U.S.) 
"The Velvet Underground,” Todd Haynes (U.S.) 

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS 

“Bloody Oranges,” Jean-Christophe Meurisse (France) 

SPECIAL SCREENINGS 

“Babi Yar. Context,” Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine) 
“Black Notebooks,” Shlomi Elkabetz (Israel) 
“H6,” Yé Yé (France)
"Mariner of the Mountains” OR “O Marinheiro das Montanhas,” Karim Aïnouz (Brazil) 
“The Year of the Everlasting Storm,” Jafar Panahi (Iran), Anthony Chen (Singapore), Malik Vitthal (U.S.), Laura Poitras (U.S.), Dominga Sotomayor (Chile), David Lowery (U.S.) and Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand) 

CANNES PREMIERE

“Cow,” Andrea Arnold (U.K.) “Deception” OR “Tromperie,” Arnaud Desplechin (France) 
“Evolution,” Kornél Mundruczo (Hungary) 
"Hold Me Tight,” Mathieu Amalric (France) 
“In Front of Your Face,” Hong Sang-soo (S. Korea) 
"Jane by Charlotte,” Charlotte Gainsbourg (France) 
"JFK Revisted: Through the Looking Glass,” Oliver Stone (U.S.) 
"Love Songs for Tough Guys,” Samuel Benchetrit (France) 
"Mothering Sunday,” Eva Husson (France) 
“Val,” Ting Poo and Leo Scott (U.S.)