Tag: miguelgomes
Review: THE TSUGUA DIARIES, Perfect Antidote in Our Trying Times
Crista Alfaiate, Carloto Cotta, João Nunes Monteiro star in a Portuguese-language drama, aka 'Diários de Otsoga,' directed by Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes.
New York 2021 Review: THE TSUGUA DIARIES, Coping with Covid Lockdown
Wryly reflecting the nature of 'expect the unexpected' in both life and filmmaking, Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes create a delightful little summer movie.
Miguel Gomes On Desires And Fears And People In The ARABIAN NIGHTS Trilogy
The gargantuan-sized Arabian Nights, presented in three 2-hour volumes, has been playing festivals around the world and rolling out commercially as well. The second part of the trilogy is even Portugal's submission for the Best Foreign Language Oscar. When I...
New York 2015 Interview: Miguel Gomes On The Epic ARABIAN NIGHTS
It was 3 years ago when I first met Miguel Gomes in a cramped office of New York's Film Forum. His third feature Tabu was a big international success and I was just discovering his fantastic films. But it was...
New York 2015 Review: Miguel Gomes' ARABIAN NIGHTS, Cinematic Highlight Of The Year
The last time I talked with Miguel Gomes, the subject of our conversation was not about his latest film, Tabu, but almost exclusively about the impact of the devastating austerity measure by the Portuguese government on the Portuguese film community...
Interview: Miguel Gomes Talks TABU And The State Of Portuguese Cinema
Tabu, a film that playfully evokes the golden age of silent cinema, took home the FIPRESCI Jury Prize and Alfred Baeur Prize for Artistic Innovation at this year's Berlin Film Festival. Its director, Miguel Gomes, along with Pedro Costa, Manoel...
Review: TABU is a Glorious Celebration of Cinema and Crocodiles
Tabu calls to mind the oft-repeated comparison between film directors and magicians. Indeed, how else but with magic could Portuguese director Miguel Gomes have created such a joyful, enthralling film from this wild mix of historical adventure, deadpan humor, romance,...
