Int’l Critics Line: Todd McCarthy On ‘Boiling Point’

Flash, flicker, flash, cut to black. We’re watching grainy film of men walking in and out of the stalls in a West German public toilet, casting glances at each other, maybe a fumbling feel; a reverse angle shows us the camera behind the mirror. The men can’t see it, but some of them must surely guess it’s there and defy the odds anyway. Because without defiance, without desire, what are they? Without those things, they know they will only ever be half-alive.

There are moments in Drunken Birds, Serbian Canadian director Ivan Grbovic’s long-awaited second feature, that evoke strong sense memories of Days Of Heaven, Terrence Malick’s definitive film about the beauty and hardship of the rural laboring life. Days Of Heaven was set in 1916; Drunken Birds takes place today on a successful vegetable farm in Québec, where the workers are bussed in seasonally from Mexico.

Sophia Loren is an international movie star and living legend who embodies the glitz and glamour of classic Hollywood. Considered one of the most beautiful actresses to ever grace the silver screen, the Italian goddess is still going strong at 87, as she recently starred in 2020’s The Life Ahead, which was written and directed by her own son Edoardo Ponti.

William Earl Lana Del Rey was presented with the Decade Award during the Dec. 4 Variety Hitmakers brunch held in Los Angeles.

In 1999, 240 people disappeared when Serbian forces descended on the village of Krusha e Madhe in Kosovo, shot or captured the men and burned the residents out. According to the end-titles in Blerta Basholli’s triple Sundance-award winning Hive, there are still 64 missing.

Few stock scenes in the cinema stir a surge of emotion as reliably as the sight of an underdog winning a race. There is the victor’s ribcage breaking through the ribbon at the finishing line, the runner’s exhausted smile, the arms raised in victory, the quiver rising to a swell of violins and finally, in the viewer, the lump in the throat. That was where Chariots Of Fire struck gold: it actually did eat your heart out.

The Icelandic mountains loom, the mists swirl between the peaks to where horses suddenly skitter in the snow. The only sound is stertorous breathing as the camera, clearly asserting something’s point of view, approaches the herd. Away they run.

Pregnant prisoners are the subject of 107 Mothers, Slovakia’s striking but somewhat sluggish International Feature Oscar entry directed by Peter Kerekes who co-wrote with Ivan Ostrochovský, winning Best Screenplay in the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons section earlier this year.

It looks like Casey Affleck has quietly split from longtime love Floriana Lima as it appears he has a new girlfriend.

A woman makes a dramatic life change in Tereza37, the official International Feature Film Oscar entry from Croatia. Screenwriter Lana Barić plays married Tereza (37), who has been going the traditional route to try for a baby for years without success. She considers other options when her gynecologist jokes she should try to conceive with a different partner.

Naveen Kumar A sandwich has always been a kind of vehicle, ingredients riding between sliced bread.

Naman Ramachandran Punit Goenka, MD and CEO of India’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, has shed light on the proposed merger with Sony Pictures Networks India.Delivering the keynote address at media conference APOS India, Goenka revealed that the merger is in the “final stages of stitching up.”“I certainly believe that consolidation is going to benefit the industry overall,” said Goenka. “Zee and Sony will form the largest media entertainment player in the country.

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Freida Pinto is a mom!The Slumdog Millionaire star just welcomed her first baby, a boy named Rumi-Ray, with her husband Cory Tran.Pinto announced the happy news by taking to social media on Sunday, November 21, making the big reveal within a birthday post to the first time father. “Happy Birthday Dada Cory!” she wrote alongside an adorable picture of Tran with their baby.

Freida Pinto! The 37-year-old actress announced her son's birth in a low-key way on Sunday, posting a birthday tribute to her husband, Cory Tran, with photos with their newborn son. «Happy Birthday Dada Cory!» Pinto captioned the pics of herself and Tran separately resting with their baby boy. «I celebrate you my husband, friend and partner in life.

Congratulations are in order for Freida Pinto, who has announced the arrival of her baby boy with husband Cory Tran.Taking to her Instagram on Sunday evening, the Slumdog Millionaire actress revealed that she had welcomed her first child on her husband's birthday.The 37 year old Indian beauty shared a snap of her resting with her newborn in her arms, while in another image, adventure photographer Cory slept with the youngster on his chest.