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7 LANDMARK PERFORMANCES BY JEAN-PIERRE LEAUD

A tribute to an icon of the French New Wave. From "The 400 Blows" to "The Birth of Love," here is a list of seven roles that shaped Léaud's career.

20 GREAT FILMS ABOUT THE WORKING CLASS

From Auguste Lumiére to Sarah Gavron. 20 great fiction films about stories of the proletariat.

LOST FILM SPOTLIGHT

4 DEVILS (1928)

F.W. Murnau

USA

MATT'S CINEMA DIARY: April 4-10, 2016

Matt's pesonal experience at various screenings throughout the week. This week, screenings of Passion of Love, Murderous Tales, Once Upon a Time in the West and Spotlight.

CINECOLA'S PICKS FOR THE 2016 IRISH FILM AND TELEVISION AWARDS

CineCola picks the winners from most of the feature film categories of the 2016 IFTAs.

10 FILMS TO LOOK OUT FOR AT THE 35TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL

CineCola recommends ten titles in the program of the 2016 Istanbul Film Festival, which runs on April 7-17, 2016.

MATT'S CINEMA DIARY: March 21-27, 2016

Matt's personal experience at various cinematic screenings throughout the week. This week the last round of screenings at the 2016 Febiofest; Strange Heaven, Siska Deluxe, Jeremy and Dyke Hard.

MATT'S CINEMA DIARY: March 14-20, 2016

Matt's personal experience at various cinematic screenings throughout the week. This week, lots of 23rd Febiofest Prague International Film Festival screenings; I, Olga Hepnarova, Eva Nova, Vanity, Before Sunrise, Stubborn, Stanko, Suffragette, The Cleaner.

MATT'S CINEMA DIARY: March 7-13

Matt's personal experience at various cinematic screenings throughout the week. This week, screenings from Prague's One World Human Rights Documentary Film Festival; No Man is an Island, Horse-Being, White Rage, How We Became Military Volunteers, A Dog's Life, The Pearl Button, Speed Sisters and 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets.

CINECOLA'S 2016 OSCAR PICKS

CineCola picks the winners of every feature film category of the 2016 Academy Awards

10 FILMS TO LOOK OUT FOR AT THE 45TH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM

Ten titles that will be screened during the twelve days of worldwide independent, innovative and experimental cinema at the IFFR, recommended by CineCola.

MATT'S CINEMA DIARY: December 14-20, 2015

Matt's personal experience at various cinematic screenings throughout the week. This week, screenings of DEAD SLOW AHEAD, STEVE JOBS, MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL and BRIDGE OF SPIES.

JAZZIZ MAGAZINE - FRANK SINATRA IN "FROM HERE TO ETERNITY"

2015 marks the 100th anniversary of Frank Sinatra. On top of being a celebrated vocalist, Frank Sinatra found praise for his many cinematic roles, which spanned from musical comedies to dramatic features. Matt Micucci wrote an article on it on JAZZIZ.

CINECOLA LOVES...ANNIE LIEBOVITZ'S "THE HITCHCOCK HOLLYWOOD PORTFOLIO" ON VANITY FAIR (2008)

In 2008, photographer ANNIE LIEBOVITZ celebrated ALFRED HITCHCOCK's legacy of the stylishly macabre with an excellent photoshoot in which stars of the modern cinematic landscape posed in recreations of famous shots from some of his most celebrated works.

MATT'S CINEMA DIARY: December 7-13, 2015

Matt's personal experience at various cinematic screenings throughout the week. This week, screenings of THE MARTIAN, THE WALK, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD and ROOM

MATT'S CINEMA DIARY: November 30 - December 6, 2015

Matt's personal experience at various cinematic screenings throughout the week. This week, screenings of SICARIO, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW, LATIN LOVER, ARIANNA, GIULIA AND US and SWORN VIRGIN.

10 FILMS TO LOOK OUT FOR AT THE 16th TBILISI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The 16th Tbilisi International Film Festival runs in Georgia from the 30th of November to the 6th of December. Here is a list of 10 recommendations by CineCola of films featured in this year's programme.

MATT'S CINEMA DIARY: November 23-29, 2015

Matt's personal take on his weekly cinematic experiences and adventures. This week, screenings of THE INTERN, MICROBE ET GASOIL, DHEEPAN, EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO and MACBETH.

CINECOLA PODCAST - Episode 4

In the fourth episode of CineCola Podcast, Matt discusses LUX Prize finalist film THE LESSON (UROK) by KRISTINA GROZEVA and PETAR VALCHANOV, the documentary AFTER THE DANCE by DAISY ASQUITH and the latest film by MICHEL GONDRY, MICROBE ET GASOIL.

MATT'S CINEMA DIARY: November 9-15, 2015

Matt's personal take on his weekly cinematic experiences and adventures. This week, the lengthiest entry in the Cinema Diaries series yet, with a focus on the Cork Film Festival screenings of SIMSHAR, THE CLUB, THE LESSON, WANJA, NINA FOREVER, AFTER THE DANCE, MEDITERRANEA, WINTER GUEST, DEAD WHEN I GOT HERE, LIFE IS SACRED, DEARGDHUIL: ANATOMY OF PASSION, COUPLE IN A HOLE, FADING AWAY, BIZARRE, WILDLIKE

MATT'S CINEMA DIARY: November 2-8, 2015

Matt's personal take on his weekly cinematic experiences and adventures. This week, screenings of THE TRACKER, ACCATTONE, SPECTRE, YOU WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH ME, UNDER MILK WOOD, BRAND NEW-U

MATT'S CINEMA DIARY: October 25 - November 1, 2015

Matt's personal take on his weekly cinematic experiences and adventures. This week, screenings of INTO THE CLOUDS WE GAZE, RICKI AND THE FLASH, SOMEONE YOU LOVE, a BUSTER KEATON RETROSPECTIVE and HAWAII, OSLO.

CINECOLA PODCAST - Episode 3

In the third episode of the CineCola podcast, Matt discusses the latest film by STEPHEN FREARS - THE PROGRAM, and special retrospectives of TOUCH OF EVIL by ORSON WELLES and the first and often overlooked feature film by the great BUSTER KEATON, THREE AGES.

MATT'S CINEMA DIARY: October 19 - 25, 2015

Matt's personal take on his weekly cinematic experiences and adventures. This week, screenings of THE THIRD SIDE OF THE RIVER, PRISON SYSTEM 4614, ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD, THE PROGRAM and TOUCH OF EVIL.

MATT'S CINEMA DIARY: 12 - 18 October 2015

Matt's personal take on his weekly cinematic experiences. This week, screenings of THE ASSASSIN, YOUTH, BLACK SOULS, I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING and a special D.W. GRIFFITH RETROSPECTIVE.

10 FILMS TO LOOK OUT FOR AT THE 59th BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

Ten highlights from the 2015 programme of the BFI London Film Festival, composed from the films that were previously viewed and reviewed by CineCola at other film festivals or various screenings thoughout the year.

CINECOLA PODCAST - Episode 2

In this episode, Matt examines the latest films of WOODY ALLEN, PHILIPPE GARREL and JUDD APATOW - IRRATIONAL MAN, IN THE SHADOW OF WOMEN and TRAINWRECK.

5 FILMS TO LOOK OUT FOR AT THE 21st SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVALS

Five highlights from the 2015 programme of the Sarajevo Film Festival, from those previously viewed and reviewed by CineCola at previous festivals or various screenings.

CINECOLA PODCAST - Episode 1 - WELCOME TO NEW YORK / TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD / TRANSE

CineCola's list of 10 one-star films

Samuel Beckett's FILM: "An Interesting Failure"

10 Films to Look Out for at the 15th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival

10 Films to Look Out for at the 62nd Sydney Film Festival

Death in Cannes: A Retrospective on the themes of death and mortality from the 68th Cannes Film Festival

10 Films to Look Out for at the 7th CPH PIX

Marlon Brando, as I know him

10 Films to Look Out for at the 20th Vilnius International Film Festival

10 Films to Look Out for at the 22nd Febiofest - Prague International Film Festival

10 Films to Look Out for at the 13th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival

CineCola's Totally Alternative 2015 Oscars

CineCola's 87th Academy Award picks

10 Films to Look Out for at the Glasgow Film Festival 2015

10 Amazing Romantic Films of the Last 10 Years

Alienation and Escapism in Modern Cinema: A Study of Films from the 44th International Film Festival Rotterdam

10 Landmark Woody Allen Films

CineCola's Top 20 Films of 2014

Memories from a year of film travelling - sneak preview

CineCola's Top 10 Horror Film of All Time

10 LANDMARK FILMS STARRING ROBIN WILLIAMS

A chronological history of Robin William's filmmography

WRESTLERS AND CINEMA

The Rock's performance in the blockbuster Hercules is still no match for Roddy Piper's turn in John Carpenter's They Live

THE NIGHT THE SILENT STARS TALKED

The Story of the Big Radio Broadcast of 1928, featuring the stars of United Artists Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, DW Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, John Barrymore, Norma Talmadge, Dolores Del Rio

FIGHTING THE NAZIS WITH CELLULOID BULLETS

The Mystery of the death of actor and filmmaker Leslie Howard

DWAIN ESPER: A VERY CREEPY DIRECTOR INDEED

A personal response to the career of shockingly bad classic Z movie director Dwain Esper of such films as 'Maniac' and 'Sex Madness'

PARENTHOOOD AT THE 57th BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

An examination on the theme of parenthood, fatherhood and motherhood from the films presented at the 57th edition of the BFI London Film Festival

THE EVOLUTION OF ALAN PARTRIDGE

From radio waves to the big screen, this is an outline of the evolution of one of the most remarkable characters in British comedy history and the character that made a household name out of Steve Coogan

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