Bangladesh is a vital presence at the 2023 Busan International Film Festival with three films in competition and a film at the Asian Project Market.
The current wave of Bangladeshi cinema was heralded by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s “Television,” which closed Busan in 2012. The festival has subsequently screened almost every major work emerging from the country.
Farooki’s latest effort “Something Like an Autobiography” plays in the festival’s Jiseok competition. Feature debutants Biplob Sarkar’s “The Stranger” and Iqbal H. Chowdhury’s “The Wrestlers” are in the New Currents competition for first or second features. Robiul Alam Robi’s “Suraiya” is selected for the Apm.
Like all cinema that successfully transcends national borders, this latest crop from Bangladesh is rooted in the local ethos but features themes that are universal. “Something Like an Autobiography,” for example, deals with themes of pregnancy alongside societal and political pressures on celebrities. “The Wrestler” marries sport,...
The current wave of Bangladeshi cinema was heralded by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s “Television,” which closed Busan in 2012. The festival has subsequently screened almost every major work emerging from the country.
Farooki’s latest effort “Something Like an Autobiography” plays in the festival’s Jiseok competition. Feature debutants Biplob Sarkar’s “The Stranger” and Iqbal H. Chowdhury’s “The Wrestlers” are in the New Currents competition for first or second features. Robiul Alam Robi’s “Suraiya” is selected for the Apm.
Like all cinema that successfully transcends national borders, this latest crop from Bangladesh is rooted in the local ethos but features themes that are universal. “Something Like an Autobiography,” for example, deals with themes of pregnancy alongside societal and political pressures on celebrities. “The Wrestler” marries sport,...
- 10/9/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Should Viceland docuseries “The Wrestlers” get a second season, host Damian Abraham would “absolutely” like to do an episode on All Elite Wrestling (Aew).
“I think Aew is a fascinating thing to watch emerge on the wrestling landscape,” Abraham told TheWrap, naming Kenny Omega as a “key” professional wrestler who he didn’t get to meet and work with on Season 1.
In our interview, Abraham referred to the Aew-led shift towards wrestlers being more in control over their own careers as “punk rock.” And he should know: Abraham’s other gig in entertainment is as the frontman for Canadian hardcore punk band F—ed Up.
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Abraham pointed to All Elite wrestler Joey Janela as a prime example of the power shifting from a handful of bookers to a locker room full of talent.
“That guy made himself one...
“I think Aew is a fascinating thing to watch emerge on the wrestling landscape,” Abraham told TheWrap, naming Kenny Omega as a “key” professional wrestler who he didn’t get to meet and work with on Season 1.
In our interview, Abraham referred to the Aew-led shift towards wrestlers being more in control over their own careers as “punk rock.” And he should know: Abraham’s other gig in entertainment is as the frontman for Canadian hardcore punk band F—ed Up.
Also Read: Every WWE Champion Ever, Ranked by Number of Reigns (Photos)
Abraham pointed to All Elite wrestler Joey Janela as a prime example of the power shifting from a handful of bookers to a locker room full of talent.
“That guy made himself one...
- 6/5/2019
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
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