Latvia can be proud not only of its green gold, song and dance festival, but also of cinema, which for more than 100 years has fascinated, inspired and above all pleased people both in the Motherland and abroad. Some motion pictures are not only in the cultural canon, but also in the hearts of all … Read more
Karina (Frieda Barnhard) would rather not have a mother than a bad one, but her daughter Lu sees it differently. Photo: © Studio Ruba The relationship between children and their parents offers an almost endless expanse of cinematic storytelling. Sometimes it pushes the limits of what is bearable (“Mommy” by Xavier Dolan or “We need … Read more
Happily ever after The documentary filmmaker followed her characters for three years. Some live in polyamory, others in an open relationship, the picture includes a Catholic monogamous couple, a longtime lover of a married man and a woman who, after her husband left her, looks for love on dating sites. Every time after a long … Read more
In the novel, Dom Toretto fights for the most valuable thing he has, his family. The shadows of the past are beginning to destroy his happy life. People who want to destroy everything he loves in revenge. The filmmakers follow the story line of Fast and Furious 5, when Toretto broke up the drug gang … Read more
Mthe man has no question about it. The person he is talking to, whom he is holding by the throat, has just informed him that his spaceship is on a diplomatic mission when the guy in black with the imposing helmet asks him a factually justified question: “If this is a consular ship, then where … Read more
For most contemporaries – current thirty-year-olds and the older generation – “RadioDejas” and “Super FM” are first associated with Ugi Poli and Jānis Kraukli, pioneers of the radio and DJ profession in independent Latvia. Both of them created the first independent radio station “Radiodejas” in the early nineties, which initially broadcast in the ultra-shortwave (68.93 … Read more
The adventure comedy Ostrov follows the story of the quarreling couple Richard (Jiří Langmajer) and Alice (Jana Plodková). When Richard declares that he wants a divorce during an exotic vacation, the couple decide to take an early flight. But their plane crashes and they end up together on a deserted island, where they first try … Read more
The German film world may have big things in store: Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth is proposing fundamental changes to the funding guidelines by the end of 2024 at the latest. Finally! Only the separation of cultural and economic promotion – most agree on this – can help the local cinema to become … Read more
A man named Otto Saddened Otto Andreson loses his meaning in life after losing his wife. He is ready to end everything, but his plans are disrupted by a young, lively family who move in next door. Otto meets Marisol, who challenges him to see things differently, and an unexpected friendship develops that changes his … Read more
“Superman: Legacy” is currently scheduled to be released in US cinemas on July 11, 2025. Gunn is writing the script. According to Safran, the planned work should not be an origin story. Rather, it should be about how Superman balances his origins from the planet Krypton with his human upbringing. An actor for the main … Read more