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One of the great British directors, Ken Loach, now 87, known for such cinematic gems as I, Daniel Blake (2016), Sorry We Missed You (2019) and the 60s classic Kes, now presents what he suggests is his final film, The Old Oak. If true, the film wraps a career during which he has long focused on championing the working class and shining a light on social inequality.

As the founder of the International Fine Arts Consortium (IFAC) – an organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the arts on a global scale – Lee Wells has been immersed in the world of creativity for decades. An artist in his own right, he recently did something that went beyond what’s ordinary: premiering his first AI movie, Marcel Duchamp and His Girlfriend Love to Eat Spaghetti out of the Toilet and Laugh, with no screening room needed.

As a waning moon rose over the medieval cathedral, Gianluca Farinelli took to the stage in front of the giant screen welcoming the several thousand strong audience to another free screening in Bologna’s main square. Farinelli is the director of Cineteca di Bologna and the driving force behind Cinema Ritrovato – the yearly celebration of classic cinema that has taken place in the Italian city every summer for the last 37 years.

Carmen, debutto alla regia del ballerino-coreografo francese Benjamin Millepied, si ispira alla classica opera lirica di George Bizet, ma con musica completamente nuova composta da Nicholas Britell.   Melissa Barrera interpreta la giovane donna la cui fuga dal Mexico viene coadiuvata da un ex-Marine interpretato da Paul Mescal.

Whether you celebrate Valentine's Day or not, whether you are or were in love - or, maybe, hoping it will knock on your door, - there are some gems with one thing in common: they celebrate and explore this complicated and very human feeling - love - with precision, knowledge, and passion. (And there are many more - go ahead, create your own Love Festival!) .

The last years of the 20th Century are expansive times - optimism reigns, hair is big and shoulders are strong. All the while, in silence at first, the terrible AIDS scourge wreaks havoc in the industry, cutting a path of destruction through friendships, families, and entire cities.

Launched in February of 1944 with an informal luncheon at 20th Century Fox Studios ( the winners received a scroll), the Golden Globes began finding their true style in the 1950s, hopping from Hollywood to Beverly Hills, then on to the Cocoanut Grove of the famous Ambassador Hotel, Casa del Mar in Santa Monica and Ciro's on the Sunset Strip. War was over, Hollywood was spreading its wings around the world and the Globes quickly began the best party of the year in a city that absolutely loves parties - Los Angeles.

“I have walked a long walk to freedom. It has been a lonely road, and it is not over yet.

On November 21 the 2020 edition of our Annual Foreign Language Film Series concluded. The final Q&A featured directors of four films qualifying for Golden Globe Andrei Konchalovsky (Dear Comrades! - Russia), Dea Kulumbegashvili (Beginning - Georgia), Gabriele Muccino (The Best Years - Italy), Michel Franco (New Order - Mexico).

On September 26 the 2020 edition of our Annual Foreign Language Film Series continued with four more directors of Films qualifying for Golden Globe consideration: Anthony Chen, (Wet Season – Singapore), Derek Tsang (Better Days – China), Eylem Kaftan, (Hive – Turkey)  and Niklaus Hilber, (Paradise War - Switzerland).  Watch the Q&A again here.