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Marion Robert Morrison might not be a name that resonates with audiences as a star in the galaxy of Hollywood, but, when according to legend, director Raoul Walsh advised the Winterset, Iowa native to change his moniker to benefit his career, the icon that is John Wayne was born. With a career that started in the 1920s and encompassed more than 175 film and television roles through the 1970s, Wayne epitomized the image of the rugged American male, especially in western and war films such as Stagecoach, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Searchers, The Quiet Man and the role that would land him a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Actor, True Grit.

Commitment Hasan is the second film in the ’Commitment Trilogy’, from director Semih Kaplanoglu. The first film of the trilogy was, Commitment Asli, which was Turkey’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards in 2019.

The psychological thriller Knocking is Swedish director Frida Kempff’s first feature film. The script is written by Emma Broström and is based on a novel by Johan Theorin.

Brighton 4th is the latest offering from Georgian filmmaker Levan Koguashvili. It’s a bitter-sweet tale of parental devotion and the blood, sweat, and tears that a father-son relationship can entail.

Award-winning Czech animator and film director, Michaela Pavlátová brings her latest offering in the form of My Sunny Maad, based on the novel “Frista. ”   The film follows the adventures of a young Czech woman, Herra, who is led by her heart when she leaves her home country for the man she loves.

Everybody loved I Love Lucy, a TV show so popular that, as we are reminded in the new film Being the Ricardos, audiences weren't going anywhere that night of the week, the show averaging 60 million viewers each episode, basically a 90% share at that time (the 50s). The film, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, reminds us also about the relationship between American comedienne Lucille Ball (played by Nicole Kidman) and Cuban husband Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem), partners extraordinaire in life and art, just before the Cuban revolution of 1959 would forever alter the relationship between the two countries.

Saudi Arabia will be witnessing cinematic history this week with the opening of its first international film festival, the Red Sea Film Festival. But the path to this momentous occasion has been paved with challenges and obstacles on many levels, national and international.

Multi Golden Globe-winner Steven Spielberg takes on a genre he has never tackled before in his long career – the musical, and at 75 he conveys an energy and enthusiasm rare to see on the screen today. Furthermore, his is not a film adaptation of just any musical.

Chris Rodriguez, born in Florida from Argentinian parents, first met Grant Rosado, born in Texas from a Cuban father and an American mother, when they both showed up at their assigned room at Emerson College in Boston. Soon they learned that they got along very well, and also that they shared a lot of common interests, including filmmaking.

“Today mom will start writing down everything she remembers. Today I will try to remember how you went from being my baby to being Luana, my princess”, begins the book “I´m girl, I´m princess”, written by Gabriella Mansilla, about her daughter, the first trans girl in the world to receive her ID, according to her gender self-perception through the Gender Identity Law.