Tag: pedrocosta
Now Streaming: VITALINA VARELA, Another Masterpiece By Pedro Costa
Pedro Costa's latest masterwork is stunning to behold and is now streaming on The Criterion Channel, as part of a new collection of five of his films.
FICUNAM 2020 Interview: Chris Fujiwara On The Legacy Of Jacques Tourneur
French filmmaker Jacques Tourneur is, certainly, an important part of the history of horror cinema, because he was one of the directors in Val Lewton’s low-budget horror unit at RKO Pictures. In the forties, Tourneur directed the Lewton-produced classics Cat...
Review: VITALINA VARELA Gives Its Inhabitants the Poeticism They Deserve
Director Pedro Costa's film is stunning to behold.
New York 2019 Review: VITALINA VARELA, A Hauntingly Beautiful Immigrant Song
As usual, the film is stunning to look at. Every frame is a work of art. Greatly aided by Leonardo Simões' cinematography and João Gazua and Hugo Leitão's sound work, the film gives the lives of its inhabitants the poeticism they deserve.
Review: HORSE MONEY, Beautiful, Mesmerizing, And Striking
Horse Money is astonishingly beautiful in its visual poetry! Pedro Costa, who wanted to capture the life in Lisbon's ghetto area called Fontainhas in the late 90s, made a beautiful film called Bones (Ossos). During the shoot, he saw much...
New York 2014 Review: Exorcising The Past in HORSE MONEY
Horse Money is astonishingly beautiful in its visual poetry! Pedro Costa, who wanted to capture the life in Lisbon's ghetto area called Fontainhas in the late 90s, made a beautiful film called Bones (Ossos). During the shoot, he saw much...