An approaching end of the year hurries up with nominations for all kinds of literary awards. As UK's Booker Prize has already announced its
There's nothing better than an emotionally rich drama on an autumn night. Probably still at home instead of a comfy seat at a modern cinema
Diane Cook, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Avni Doshi, Maaza Mengiste, Douglas Stuart and Brandon Taylor have made it to the shortlist of The Booker
Thumbs up to Alberto Barbera, artistic director of Venice Film Festival who managed to break through all Covid-19 fears and organize the live cinema fiesta, though less vivid and more social distant. The climax of the festival last Saturday, September 12, gave away the prizes to the best in all categories of competition top honouring the film produced by a female director again after a long decade. The Venezia 77 July, chaired by Cate Blanchett, handed the Golden Lion to Chloé Zhao for her Nomadland. Zhao, the U.S. based Chinese director, received the prize exactly ten years later after Sofia Coppola triumphed with her Somewhere in 2010. Her success has also been predetermined by almost unan
The fall started with the announcement of the winner of one of the most prestigious literary awards for women. Yesterday the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020 handed its 25th Prize to the writer Maggie O’Farrell for her novel Hamnet. O’Farrell’s Hamnet, set in 1596 and inspired by the life and death of Shakespeare’s only son, was chosen from a shortlist that included Dominicana by Angie Cruz, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo, A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes, The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel and Weather by Jenny Offill. Martha Lane Fox, Chair of Judges, said: “Hamnet, while set long ago, like all truly great novels expresses something profound about the human experience that
With an increasing number of cinema theatres opening again for larger audiences, there's more promotional material circling around about the premieres to be. And this sounds promising and exciting. Tenet directed by Christopher Nolan is the first big-budget movie to hit US cinemas since the Covid-19 pandemic has shut all the structures of entertainment for months. Not to mention the happy talks about the next James Bond movie No Time To Die to be finally released this November. So there's action going on this September - just don't miss it! ACTION/THRILLER TENET Plot Synopsis: Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a
Yesterday evening has brought joy and happiness to the world of professional cinematography. The 77th Venice Film Festival was opened on Wednesday (September 2) without postponements or cancellations. The Golden Lion will be finally awarded live on September 12 during the closing award ceremony. 18 new films are entering the prestigious Venezia 77 Competition. You can explore this selection here. Apart from major competition, the Festival also presents the following sections: Out of Competition, Orizzonti, and Biennale College - Cinema. Though anyone with a temperature above 37.5°C is being denied entry and face masks are mandatory at this year’s event, the director of the festival Alberto B
Welcome back, folks. No more lazy afternoons while sunbathing and doing nothing, no more car trips across "no-risk" countries (thank you, corona, for a challenging summer), no more moral excuses for postponing the works planned. September is the right time to kick back and shake off this pleasant summertime lethargic sleep. And even get back to your reading routine, if during the last three month there were so many other cool stuff to do that books sadly ended outside your daily agenda. But this month strikes with so many hits from the bestselling world known authors that no way you're going to resist popping into the nearest bookstore. WHAT ARE YOU GOING THROUGH by Sigrid Nunez In 2018 Sigr
