Ragalyi worked with filmmakers including Istvan Gaal, Istvan Szabo.
Elemer Ragalyi, the Hungarian cinematographer who worked with directors including Istvan Gaal and Istvan Szabo, died last week on March 30, at the age of 83.
Described by Hungary’s National Film Institute as ‘one of the greatest talents of modern Hungarian cinema’, Ragalyi shot films including Gaal’s Falcons, which won the jury prize at Cannes Film Festival in 1970.
Journey Of Hope, the Swiss feature he shot for director Xavier Koller, won the best foreign language film (now best international feature) Oscar in 1991; while Ragalyi received the Emmy for outstanding cinematography for...
Elemer Ragalyi, the Hungarian cinematographer who worked with directors including Istvan Gaal and Istvan Szabo, died last week on March 30, at the age of 83.
Described by Hungary’s National Film Institute as ‘one of the greatest talents of modern Hungarian cinema’, Ragalyi shot films including Gaal’s Falcons, which won the jury prize at Cannes Film Festival in 1970.
Journey Of Hope, the Swiss feature he shot for director Xavier Koller, won the best foreign language film (now best international feature) Oscar in 1991; while Ragalyi received the Emmy for outstanding cinematography for...
- 4/6/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The director, who rose to fame with Loop, is in Budapest toiling away on his second feature, a FocusFox Studio production toplined by Péter Bárnai, Vivien Rujder and János Kulka. Since 20 February, Isti Madarász has been shooting Half Way Home (Átjáróház), his second feature, following the promising science-fiction flick Loop (2017), which took part in the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival and Fantasporto, among other gatherings. Toplining the movie, which would appear to be a modern revisiting of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, are Péter Bárnai (the young prosecutor from Strangled), Vivien Rujder (glimpsed in On Body and Soul) and János Kulka, who are flanked by Elizabeth Kútvölgyi, Miklós Galla, Attila Árpa and Kata Dobó.In the story, written by Attila Veres, protagonist Krisztián, in his...
Wartime drama wins best foreign film at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival.
Us-based specialty distributor Menemsha Films is targeting its third $1m-plus Jewish and Israeli-themed release as Hungarian black and white drama 1945 cruised past $800,000 last week.
The wartime drama, which just won the Best Foreign Fiction Film Founders Award at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan, will join an elite club that includes Menemsha titles Dough starring Jonathan Pryce and Israeli hit The Women’s Balcony.
Ferenc Torok directed 1945, which takes place at the end of the Second World War as two strangers dressed in...
Us-based specialty distributor Menemsha Films is targeting its third $1m-plus Jewish and Israeli-themed release as Hungarian black and white drama 1945 cruised past $800,000 last week.
The wartime drama, which just won the Best Foreign Fiction Film Founders Award at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan, will join an elite club that includes Menemsha titles Dough starring Jonathan Pryce and Israeli hit The Women’s Balcony.
Ferenc Torok directed 1945, which takes place at the end of the Second World War as two strangers dressed in...
- 8/5/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Wartime drama wins best foreign film at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival.
Us-based specialty distributor Menemsha Films is targeting its third $1m-plus Jewish and Israeli-themed release as Hungarian black and white drama 1945 cruised past $800,000 last week.
The wartime drama, which was just won the Best Foreign Fiction Film Founders Award at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan, will join an join an elite club that includes Menemsha titles Dough starring Jonathan Pryce and Israeli hit The Women’s Balcony.
Ferenc Torok directed 1945, which takes place at the end of the Second World War as two...
Us-based specialty distributor Menemsha Films is targeting its third $1m-plus Jewish and Israeli-themed release as Hungarian black and white drama 1945 cruised past $800,000 last week.
The wartime drama, which was just won the Best Foreign Fiction Film Founders Award at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan, will join an join an elite club that includes Menemsha titles Dough starring Jonathan Pryce and Israeli hit The Women’s Balcony.
Ferenc Torok directed 1945, which takes place at the end of the Second World War as two...
- 8/5/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Some period films come across as homages to classics of the past, while others play perilously on the edge of imitation. “Budapest Noir” definitely falls in the latter category, channeling any number of noir films, including “Chinatown,” with the usual stock figures: hard-boiled investigative reporter, femme fatale, corrupt officials, sleazy underbelly, and an urban landscape used as if it’s one of the main characters. It’s a tried-and-true formula, but to make it work there needs to be more than an ounce of originality, which editor-turned-director Éva Gárdos (“An American Rhapsody”) has a hard time locating in either András Szekér’s script or her own direction. Instead, the movie feels like the pilot for a period detective series, which might not be far from the truth since Vilmos Kondor’s novel launched fictional newshound Zsigmond Gordon as a recurring character.
As a fairly anodyne mystery, the film can be...
As a fairly anodyne mystery, the film can be...
- 6/21/2018
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
The St. Louis Jewish Film Festival, held annually at the Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema, is one of the local Jewish community’s most popular and highly attended events of the year. Each year, the festival presents international Jewish films, both documentaries and features that explore universal issues through traditional Jewish values, opposing viewpoints and new perspectives. And each year, the fest packs ‘em in so get there early – it’s first come first serve for seats and those Frontenac theaters aren’t very big. Attendance is always through the roof for this thing, a testament to the group’s marketing and choice of programming. Guest lecturers are brought to the fest to discuss and illuminate the subjects of these films.
The 23rd Annual St. Louis Jewish Film Festival opens with two exciting films on Sunday, June 3 at the Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema. The first, Heading Home: The Tale of Team...
The 23rd Annual St. Louis Jewish Film Festival opens with two exciting films on Sunday, June 3 at the Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema. The first, Heading Home: The Tale of Team...
- 5/7/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
by Alex C. DeleonBudapest Noir is above all a film noir, and exceptional in that it is the first and only Hungarian film noir. However, it is equally exceptional in that it is the first ever film noir based squarely on Jewish content and premises. A kind of “Kosher Noir” so to speak.
The story is set in 1936 Budapest when Hungarian antisemitism is beginning to emerge under Nazi German influence. An unidentified young prostitute is murdered under puzzling circumstances. The police investigation is superficial but the single clue as to her identity is a Jewish prayer book found in her purse. The police are discouraged from following up on the investigation but a dogged crime reporter is intrigued and follows it up on his own to the consternation of the chief of Police who is basically under pressure from above to dump it and close the case.
It will turn...
The story is set in 1936 Budapest when Hungarian antisemitism is beginning to emerge under Nazi German influence. An unidentified young prostitute is murdered under puzzling circumstances. The police investigation is superficial but the single clue as to her identity is a Jewish prayer book found in her purse. The police are discouraged from following up on the investigation but a dogged crime reporter is intrigued and follows it up on his own to the consternation of the chief of Police who is basically under pressure from above to dump it and close the case.
It will turn...
- 4/25/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
By Alex DeleonRéka Tenki, a hot new presence on the Hungarian film scene in an authentic Hungarian film noir with a kosher twist.
At the 2017 Berlinale, Tenki was named one of Variety’s “10 Europeans to Watch” and was seen in Ildiko Enyedi’s acclaimed On Body and Soul (Golden Bear winner and Hungary’s entry as Best Foreign Language Film for the Oscars). See interview with Réka Tenki here.
Réka Tenki
Budapest Noir is a murder mystery set in the German influenced Budapest of 1936 with Antisemitism on the rise. Superbly directed, acted, and beautifully lensed by master cinematographer Elemér Ragály. This is by far the best Hungarian film of the year in what has been a very good year for Magyar cinema generally. In terms of genre the very first film of its kind from this country and an eye opener of the first order.
Zsigmond Gordon (Krisztián Kolovratnik) is...
At the 2017 Berlinale, Tenki was named one of Variety’s “10 Europeans to Watch” and was seen in Ildiko Enyedi’s acclaimed On Body and Soul (Golden Bear winner and Hungary’s entry as Best Foreign Language Film for the Oscars). See interview with Réka Tenki here.
Réka Tenki
Budapest Noir is a murder mystery set in the German influenced Budapest of 1936 with Antisemitism on the rise. Superbly directed, acted, and beautifully lensed by master cinematographer Elemér Ragály. This is by far the best Hungarian film of the year in what has been a very good year for Magyar cinema generally. In terms of genre the very first film of its kind from this country and an eye opener of the first order.
Zsigmond Gordon (Krisztián Kolovratnik) is...
- 3/2/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The 10 young European actors selected for this year’s Shooting Stars initiative are in town to meet the global film industry.
While young acting talent is spotlighted annually by initiatives such as Bafta’s Rising Star award and Screen International’s Stars of Tomorrow, European Film Promotion’s (Efp) Shooting Stars programme is the most visible celebration of next-generation thespian talent allied to an A-list film festival.
Each year, 10 young European actors are awarded the Shooting Star accolade at the Berlinale, a five-person jury having selected the winners from submissions by the 37 Efp member countries. The recipients travel to Berlin to meet producers, casting directors and other film industry figures, and are feted at a ceremony at the Berlinale Palast, which this year takes place on Monday February 19.
This year’s line-up includes UK Screen Star Of Tomorrow Michaela Coel, Norway’s Thelma star Eili Harboe, Hungary’s Réka Tenki, who appeared in last...
While young acting talent is spotlighted annually by initiatives such as Bafta’s Rising Star award and Screen International’s Stars of Tomorrow, European Film Promotion’s (Efp) Shooting Stars programme is the most visible celebration of next-generation thespian talent allied to an A-list film festival.
Each year, 10 young European actors are awarded the Shooting Star accolade at the Berlinale, a five-person jury having selected the winners from submissions by the 37 Efp member countries. The recipients travel to Berlin to meet producers, casting directors and other film industry figures, and are feted at a ceremony at the Berlinale Palast, which this year takes place on Monday February 19.
This year’s line-up includes UK Screen Star Of Tomorrow Michaela Coel, Norway’s Thelma star Eili Harboe, Hungary’s Réka Tenki, who appeared in last...
- 2/18/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Crime noir may not be the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of Hungarian cinema but director Eva Gardos is working to change that with the upcoming Budapest Noir and we've got the first two images - featuring actors Krisztian Kolovratnik and Reka Tenki - to show off the results. ‘Budapest Noir’ a period thriller is in production on location in the Hungarian capital and at Mafilm Studios, produced by Pioneer Pictures’ Ildiko Kemeny. Originally published in 2008, ‘Budapest Noir’, the novel proved popular with both public and critics, and became an instant bestseller, which sparked several sequels and has gone on to appear in numerous languages around the world. Set in the politically-troubled autumn of 1936, the story follows Zsigmond Gordon,...
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- 3/24/2016
- Screen Anarchy
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