Tag: Adam

  • Morocco’s Maryam Touzani Tackles Taboo Issues in the Arab World in ‘Blue Caftan’

    Morocco’s Maryam Touzani Tackles Taboo Issues in the Arab World in ‘Blue Caftan’

    Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, whose is sophomore feature, “The Blue Caftan,” unspools in Un Certain Regard, has never been afraid to tackle topics that shatter her country’s social conventions.She’s made a doc about Morocco’s female prostitutes that sparked plenty of attention and a short about the exploitation of children as domestic workers. Her first feature,…

  • Daily Podcast: Ghost of Tsushima Movie, National Treasure TV Show, Black Adam, Shazam 2, and More

    Daily Podcast: Ghost of Tsushima Movie, National Treasure TV Show, Black Adam, Shazam 2, and More

    On the March 25, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and TV news, including a Ghost of Tsushima movie, a National Treasure TV show, and casting for Shazam! Fury of the Gods and Black Adam. Then…

  • ‘Beanpole,’ ‘Talking About Trees’ Among Palm Springs Film Festival Winners

    ‘Beanpole,’ ‘Talking About Trees’ Among Palm Springs Film Festival Winners

    The Palm Springs Film Festival has announced its juried winners, with “Beanpole” taking the Fipresci prize for films in the international feature film Oscar submissions program. The documentary award went to “Talking About Trees.”Acting prizes went to Bartosz Bielenia from “Corpus Christi” for actor and Helena Zengel from “System Crasher” for actress. “Parasite” won the…

  • Oscars: Academy Announces 344 Films Eligible for 2019 Best Picture

    Oscars: Academy Announces 344 Films Eligible for 2019 Best Picture

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 344 feature films are eligible for the 2019 Academy Awards.To be eligible for the consideration, the films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by Dec. 31, and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days. Academy rules also…

  • Berlin Film Review: ‘Adam’

    Berlin Film Review: ‘Adam’

    The rash request that an irresponsible mother makes of her naïve, hearing-impaired, teenage son forms the loose focus of low-budget indie drama “Adam,” the brief second feature by Iceland-born, Berlin-based writer-helmer Maria Solrun (“Jargo”), who also produces. Too many script holes make this Berlin-set, family-crafted production more of a mood piece than the poignant, provocative…