Archive for the ‘Film review’ Category

“A strange beast of a feature” FilmInquiry, Australia, by critic Alex Lines

On Monday, June 17th, 2019
“‘American Mirror’ is (…) a strange beast of a feature“ “there’s a lingering, finely-drawn intelligence to Arthur Balder’s hallucinogenic compilation, one which welcomes many readings no matter how you look at it” “with a healthy dose of David Lynch” (…) strikingly original, (…) what the art represents in an allegorical sense” “Perplexing (…). It definitely ...

“American Mirror” lands top prize Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award

On Saturday, October 27th, 2018
“American Mirror – Intimations of Immortality”, directed, written and edited by Arthur Balder, and produced by David Shara, lands top prize Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award. The institute, championing the legacy of the brothers-in-arts Sergei Parajanov (1924-1990) & Mikhail Vartanov (1937-2009) who overcame persecution and won the admiration of cinema’s greatest artists, has awarded this year <strong>Susan ...

“American Mirror” official selection at DOC LA.

On Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
“American Mirror”, starring Susan Sarandon, Florence Faivre, Tigran Tsitoghdzyan, finds world premiere at DOC LA, Hollywood. The Documentary Film Festival of Los Angeles (DOC LA), presented by the  Parajanov-Vartanov Film Institute, will host next Sunday October 21, at 7:15 PM, the world premiere of ‘American Mirror – Intimations of Immortality’,  directed by Arthur Balder, starring ...

MP confirms officially Notimex, Europa Press: Susan Sarandon joins Arthur Balder’s ‘American Mirror’

On Saturday, August 5th, 2017
Corrupted journalists get boycott’s total failure as Meatpacking Productions confirms officially Susan Sarandon’s participation in Arthur Balder’s ‘American Mirror’. Notimex, Mexico’s news agency and the most important news provider for Central America, published a public note on its official website, giving a few hints of the new project, but particularly announcing the popular actress participation ...

Famke Janssen and Arthur Balder attend GDIFF 2015 red carpet

On Friday, October 9th, 2015
Jersey City, September 2015.- Filmmaker Arthur Balder attended the red carpet event of the Golden Door International Film Festival in Jersey City with X-Men protagonist Famke Janssen. Janet Grillo’s film ‘Jack of the red hearts’ screened at the opening night event. Only one documentary film had a red carpet event this year’s festival program, ‘The ...

The Huffington Post: film review of ‘Little Spain’

On Saturday, August 22nd, 2015
‘Little Spain’ film review at The Huffington Post.   “Artur Balder’s Little Spain offer us a neglected, often forgotten, seemingly incidental part of the history of Spain and New York. They converge in the form of Spanish immigrants to the city, a place where, as the song goes, “if you can make it in New ...

La Voz Hispana NY: ‘Little Spain es una especie de obra maestra’

On Saturday, August 22nd, 2015
La Voz Hispana NY: ‘Little Spain es una especia de obra maestra’ “Es precisamente esta muestra de la ambigüedad -por no decir de la incertidumbre- de la identidad española-americana la característica más llamativa de la película de Balder: el catolicismo, la religión de España, y el secularismo de América, parecen funcionar juntos, aparentemente sin problemas ...

EL Cultural: “‘Little Spain’ es una hazaña estética’

On Saturday, August 22nd, 2015
EL Cultural: “‘Little Spain’ es una hazaña estética’. El crítico Donald Kuspit, profesor emérito de Historia del Arte en la State University of New York at Stony Brook, escribe sobre la película que documenta el intento de muchos españoles de convertirse en estadounidenses: “Humildes colonos en una América imperial. Una película brillante tanto por lo ...

Donald Kuspit: “‘Little Spain’ is a kind of masterpiece”

On Saturday, August 22nd, 2015
      Thus the brilliance of Balder’s film is psychological as well as social: he has insight into the mentality of the Spanish immigrants as well as an understanding of the everyday circumstances of their life. He offers us a psychological portrait of Spanish Americans in the course of examining their situation in New ...