Not much is known about famed Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s wife, Antonina Miliukova. Wikipedia summarises her in Tchaikovsky’s biography with just a few statements, stating that their marriage in 1877 was “a disaster” and they were “mismatched psychologically and sexually” and only lived together for six weeks before Tchaikovsky left her, as he was emotionally agitated and suffered “from acute writer’s block.” Their separation forced Tchaikovsky to confront the truth about his sexuality with the support of his family. Ultimately, he “never blamed Antonina for the failure of their marriage.”
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The film adaptation of the 2016 stage musical KATIPS, written and directed by filmmaker and lawyer Vincent Tañada, is both earnest and eye-opening. The film already has many achievements. It has earned 17 nominations at the 70th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards and won seven categories for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Tañada, Best Supporting Actor for Johnrey Rivas, Best Cinematography, Best Original Song for Sa Gitna Ng Gulo, and Pipo Cifra for Best Musical Score.
If the film MAID IN MALACAÑANG were an art form, it would definitely be expressionist in nature, where the concept of reality is slanted so the artist can convey their own interpretations. The reality in director Darryl Yap’s mind is not without artificiality, nor is it faithful to mirroring the truth, and the filmmaker would rather capture these fragmented accounts of events and transform them into palatable moments of marketable melodrama.
In Karl Malakunas’s DELIKADO, the Philippines is portrayed as an environmental paradise under a looming threat of destruction from within. The setting is the island of Palawan, the last remaining frontier of untouched, pristine nature of land and sea in the archipelago’s numerous islands, threatened by heavy illegal logging and unlawful fishing. The film’s three main protagonists are the activist defenders of the country’s natural habitat, but they are just the mighty small Davids to strong mammoth Goliaths who have an edge with power and money, which are the essential armours to rule in this exquisite but divisive nation.
How young should you be to learn philosophy? I know I didn’t have it as a subject until my third year of college.
The biggest film festival in Australia is the Sydney Film Festival which was held for twelve days last 8-19 June 2022, with so many film premieres from prestigious film festivals such as Berlinale, Venice, Cannes, and Sundance, among others. Twelve films vied for competition and the following are my favourites.
The biggest film festival in Australia is the Sydney Film Festival which was held for twelve days last 8-19 June 2022, with so many film premieres from prestigious film festivals such as Berlinale, Venice, Cannes, and Sundance, among others. Twelve films vied for competition and the following are my favourites.
Sydney Film Festival is back this 2021 in both cinema and online thanks to a highly vaccinated population of cinema-hungry Sydney audience, with the festival running from November 3 to 21, 2021.
Taiwan Film Festival is back in 2021, with this virtual edition streaming online from September 16 to 30, 2021.
The Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF) is heading to its Closing Night on 17 March 2021 at the Ritz Cinema in Randwick. Film screenings have also started at Roseville Cinema in Roseville from 6-24 March. The best news is that there will be encore screenings at the Ritz Cinema from 18-31 March.