Tag Archives: Marion Cotillard

It’s Only The End of the World (Dolan, 2016)

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Kamran Ahmed

Brief glimmers of Dolan’s expressive visual style, for which he is known, is suppressed by faux dramatique dialogues of a labored, awkwardly intimate, though sincerely intellectual nature. Not his finest work, but certainly commendable for its firm stylistic command. 79/100 – … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews (capsule) | Tagged adaptation, auteur, Film Festival, films of 2016, it's only the end of the world, juste la fin du monde, lea seydoux, Marion Cotillard, vincent cassel, visual flair, Xavier Dolan | Leave a comment

Kamran Ahmed’s Top 25 Films of 2014

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Kamran Ahmed

It comes time to credit the cinema standouts of 2014. Here I am again, perplexed by the ratings and statistics, the festivals and the box offices, the ways in which we organize films into tiny fragmented collections. We want an … Continue reading →

Posted in Lists | Tagged 2014, Academy, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Andrey Zvyagintsv, Awads, award season, Berlin Film Festival, birdman, Black Coal Thin Ice, Blind Massage, boyhood, Canada, Christian Petzold, cinema, Cinematheque, Coming Home, Critics Choice, Damien Chazelle, Dardennes, EdwardNorton, Ethan Hawke, Festival, Festival Films, film, Film Festival, Films of 2014, Finding Vivian Maier, Flore, Food Chains, Force Majeure, Golden Globes, Grand budapest hotel, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ida, Jake Gylenhaal, james gray, Jauja, JK Simmons, joaquin phoenix, Journey to the West, Kamran Ahmed, Lego Movie, Leviathan, lucy, Marion Cotillard, michael keaton, Miles Teller, Mommy, Montreal, Next Projection, Nightcrawler, Nuri Belge Ceylan, One Night, Oscars, patricia arquette, paul thomas anderson, Phoenix, pundit, Ranking, Ranking 2014, Reese Witherspoon, Richard Linklater, Russia, scarlett johannson, the immigrant, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, TIFF, Tsai Ming-Liang, Two Days, Under the Skin, USA, Vancouver Film Festival, VIFF, Viggo Mortenson, Walking Under Water, Whiplash, Wild, Winter Sleep, xaviar Dolan, Zhang Yimou | Leave a comment

The Immigrant (Gray, 2014)

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Kamran Ahmed

James Gray’s The Immigrant (2014) is a landmark in American Cinema that will one day be credited as a modern masterpiece. It is a tour de force in all respects, taking the most appealing qualities of European art cinema and … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 2014 film, American Cinema, Asceticism, Austere, Beauty, Cannes, cinema, Contemplation, film, forgiveness, funeral canticle, guilt, immigrant, james gray, jeremy renner, joaquin phoenix, John taverner, Marion Cotillard, masterful, masterpiece, Minimalism, misery, Poetry, polish, Religion, Salvation, shame, sin, Spirit, the immigrant | 1 Comment

TIFF 2013 Recap & Coverage

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Kamran Ahmed

I realize that some people follow this blog who are not aware of my work at Next Projection. As some of you might have noticed, I have not been active here, and this is because I have been extremely active … Continue reading →