Historic Centre (Centro Historico): Rome Review
By design, omnibus films tend to be unbalanced, with some segments clearly working better than others.
View ArticleRare Manoel de Oliveira screens at Facets this Saturday
This Saturday at midnight, Facets Multimedia will present The Cannibals , a rarely screened 1988 feature by Portugal's greatest filmmaker, Manoel de Oliveira.
View ArticleEastwood says he'd love to be directing at age 105
In a wide-ranging interview Saturday about film directing at the Tribeca Film Festival, Eastwood said he admires the 104-year-old Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira.
View ArticleClint Eastwood's Words Of Directing Wisdom - Shout Action? Think Again
From cult western hero, to Hollywood A-lister, to renown film director, Clint Eastwood has been a stalwart on the movie scene for decades.
View ArticleEastwood hopes to still be directing at 105
In a wide-ranging interview Saturday about film directing at the Tribeca Film Festival, Eastwood said he admires the 104-year-old Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira.
View ArticleCentro Historico
This new omnibus film, a remarkably successful example of a famously cursed form, brings together short films by four renowned and legendary filmmakers - Aki Kaurismaki, Pedro Costa, Victor Erice, and...
View Article'Agnes Varda: From Here to There' to Screen at the Film Society May 31
Often referred to as "mother of the French New Wave," AgnA s Varda will take the spotlight May 31 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center ahead of SundanceNOW Doc Club's "AgnA s Varda Month," which...
View ArticleAgnes Varda: From Here to There
Varda's highly anticipated follow-up to The Beaches of AgnA s is a five-part documentary series that chronicles the indefatigable filmmaker's travels around the world, as she meets friends, artists,...
View ArticleGebo and the Shadow: The Latest from Manoel de Oliveira
Oliveira and cinematographer Renato Berta absolutely love the soft, smoky light given off by the era's oil lamps.
View ArticleThe New Testament of Jesus Christ According to Joh
One of Portugal's most prominent and recognizable performers, Luis Miguel Cintra reads the Gospel of John as images of natural splendor fill the screen.
View ArticleWant to meet Arnold? TIFF announces next round of 2014 films
Arnold Schwarzenegger poses with fans at the Los Angeles premiere of Sabotage on Wednesday, March 19, 2014.
View ArticleManoel de Oliveira : 'O Velho do Restelo,' a Reflection About Mankind
Manoel de Oliveira, the world's oldest working film director, who turns 106 this December, had the world premiere of his most recent work, the 19-minute short film "The Old Man of Belem" in this year's...
View ArticleThe world's oldest movie director leaves us
Manoel de Oliveira , from the city of Oporto, in northern Portugal, leaves the world of cinema and culture poorer after passing away at the age of 106, leaving in his wake 32 films and a string of...
View ArticleCelebrated Portuguese Filmmaker Began in Silent Movies
Manoel de Oliveira, the acclaimed Portuguese filmmaker whose career began in the silent era, flowered in the 1970s with the end of authoritarian rule in his country and ended with a surge of...
View ArticleCannes 2015: Manoel de Oliveira's "Visit, or Memories and Confessions"
I found Jean Boenish's philosophical musings less than persuasive. And I don't think my fear of heights was the reason for my bias.
View Article'Visit or Memories and Confessions': Cannes Review
His death last month, while he was still professionally active at the venerable age of 106, quite possibly made Manoel de Oliveira the oldest filmmaker to have walked the planet. Little could he have...
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