Articles by Vinita Ramani

The Clean

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

Ambivalence is surrounding Assayas's most recent outtakes, with his last film, Demonlover (2002), garnering lukewarm praise for its attempt...

Warriors of Heaven & Earth

He Ping

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

Warriors of Heaven and Earth is Chinese filmmaker He Ping's (Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker, 1994) dubious contribution to the increasi...

Alila

Amos Gitai

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai has never been one to steer clear of controversy, particularly in relation to the dubious historical undercurr...

Since Otar Left

Julie Bertuccelli

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

Winner of the Grand Prize at Cannes (Critics' Week, 2003) as well as the César for best debut film (French Oscars) in 2003, Bertuccelli's i...

Vitaminsforyou

I'm Sorry Forever and For Always

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

Quebec-based Mitchell Akiyama's Intr_Version label has traditionally housed music that falls quite strictly within the techno genre, so it...

Mariza

Fado Curvo

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

For an artist who has only recently come into her own with a debut in 2002 called Fado Em Mim, followed up by Fado Curvo, Mariza has taken...

Tribalistas

Ja Sei Namorar (I Already Know how to Love)

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

Brazilian writer, poet and musician Arnaldo Antunes is practically a veteran in the bossa nova, rock and samba scenes, generating a wide va...

GusGus

Mixed Live

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

The weird and wondrous Icelandic collective Gus Gus (pronounced like the Mediterranean dish couscous) appropriately moved in 2002 from thei...