Joshua Polanski

Nov 24, 2024 | dmovies.org | Joshua Polanski |Muneeb Ul Hassan |Luca Guadagnino |Dechen Roder

Joshua Polanski interviews the queer American-Pakistani director of All The Men I Met But Never Dated; they talk about autobiographic cinema, shooting in one and a half day, the closet as a safe haven, showing his film to his family, and much more! US-based Muneeb Hassan has deep roots in Karachi, Pakistan. He is a member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild and a recent MIT-certified professional in AI Machine Learning.

Nov 23, 2024 | dmovies.org | Joshua Polanski

QUICK AND DIRTY: LIVE FROM TALLINNTikTok is going to change the way movies are watched and made. And Carole & Grey, a film conceived of in 45 clips meant for the easily digestible TikTok, is the first film to fully embrace the coming change. The film’s director and leading man, Jon Bass (as Grey), is in a heavy of depressive spell following a nasty breakup and goes on his first major outing post-breakup to retrieve his shared dog from his ex-girlfriend’s house on the other side of New York City.

Nov 23, 2024 | dmovies.org | Joshua Polanski |Serhii Kastornykh |Raul Esko |Romet Esko

M[/dropccap]ainstream English language cinema – in both the feature and short film variety – rarely centres on Muslim lives and stories. It’s even rarer to see a queer image of Muslim life uplifted on screen. All the Men I Met but Never Dated, the autobiographical short from Pakistani-American Muneeb Hassan, does just that. That’s something for which we should be grateful.

Nov 20, 2024 | dmovies.org | Joshua Polanski |Soujiro Sanada |Petr Kazda |Tomás Weinreb

QUICK AND DIRTY: LIVE FROM TALLINNVery seldom do historical romantic dramas prove worthwhile. There is something about the genre that encourages reactionary politics that cater to bourgeois interests, often while superficially passing as progressive or feminist, that easily becomes unbearable. After all, how often do you come across historical dramas centred on the affairs of the peasantry rather than the royals? And to add an age gap to the equation? No thanks.

Nov 18, 2024 | dmovies.org | Joshua Polanski |Sebastian Parra R |Bel Gatti

QUICK AND DIRTY: LIVE FROM TALLINNOne of the most exciting filmmakers working in the Baltics, Uģis Olte’s still youthful career has already taken him far and wide. Other than the prominent place he reserves for music, the topics and tones of his early work vary considerably.