Tag: The Other Side
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Famed Spanish Stand-Up Comedian Berto Romero Talks ‘The Other Side,’ Genre Mashups, ‘Connecting with the Spanish Character’
“Modestly speaking, we’ve tried to create a culture at Movistar Plus+ which attracts talent. We have a lot of respect for what creators want to tell and believe in them,” Domingo Corral, Movistar Plus+ director of fiction and entertainment, has said.One case in point is Berto Romero, whose latest series, “The Other Side” (“El otro…
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Roberto Minervini on Anger, Aggression, Fear in American South
Roberto Minervini, an Italian-born Texas-based documentarian, former punk band singer and It technician, is known for spending months or years building connections and trust within communities as he films their lives.Shooting handheld himself, filming without cutting until data cards are full and he can no longer hold up his Arri Amira camera, Minervini is seemingly…
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Venice Film Review: ‘What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?’
Following his unsettling look at Louisiana down-and-outs in “The Other Side,” Roberto Minervini tackles an easier topic to get audiences behind: a community of African-Americans in New Orleans whose stories reflect the toxic effects of centuries-old racism. “What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?” is a natural direction for the Italian-born director to…
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2018 Venice Film Festival Lineup Includes New Movies from the Coen Brothers, Paul Greengrass, and More
And we thought the Tiff 2018 lineup was good. Today, the Venice Film Festival has announced their 2018 lineup, and there are some doozies on there that aren’t coming to Tiff. For starters, the Coen Brothers have gone and turned their anthology series The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, into an anthology movie that will play…