I screened Ryûsuke Hamaguchi‘s three episode Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy last year. To my amazement, I liked it, giving the film 4/5 stars.
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Reaching Out
Chat Cinema talks to filmmakers Tom Berkeley and Ross White about their ROY. The duo give us insight on making the timely film starring David Bradley.
New Chat Cinemas Coming Soon
Stay tuned for the podcast conversations with the creative teams of some two acclaimed short features.
Is An Oscar In The Future?
For this episode of Chat Cinema, a conversation with Film Director Martin Strange-Hansen about his short film ON MY MIND. A personal story drawn from real life experience. The Danish work received a nomination in the Best Short Film category for the 94th Academy Awards. One question asked, “how did he come with the one …
A Childhood Lost.
This episode of Chat Cinema talks to award-winning director Murad Abu Eisheh about his work, TALAVISION. A short film centered on lost childhood innocence during the Syrian conflict.
IFFR 2022
The International Film Festival Rotterdam starts on January 26th. There are some interesting works on the 50th anniversary slate. Below are some titles we are looking forward to watching. Black and Paper will attend the festival virtual. Stay tuned for the interviews and reviews. IFFR runs from January 26th to February 6th.
George Has Gone A Long Way
Actor George MacKay has gone far since we took this picture in 2014. Black and Paper interviewed the young actor in Berlin at the Shooting Stars event. A nice guy with a lot of charm. MacKay has starred in Sam Mendes’ World War 1 Drama “1917”. Currently his new feature “Munich-The Edge of War” is …
The Compellingly Divine
A seemingly straightforward two-hour documentary of Pope Francis, Francesco otherwise manages to compel. Directed by Evgeny Afineevsky, the film is noteworthy for mostly competent direction and production values. Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1936. He is the first Pope to be born outside Europe since Gregory III (731–741). As the …
Chat Cinema with Erica
The episode of Chat Cinema talks to Bay Area filmmaker Erica Eng about her new short film AMERICANIZED. Americanized was screened at the Bentonville Film Festival. Running time: 17 minutes.
Chat Cinema on Titane
Controversial. Shocking. Brilliant. These are some of the words use to describe Canes Film Festival winner Titane. For an episode of the Chat Cinema Podcast, we devoted the show to Julia Ducournau’s hardcore work. Click Below to see what we think.