Aki Kaurismäki’s Cannes Jury Prize winner “Fallen Leaves” has snagged the 2023 Intl. Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci) Grand Prix for best film of the past year. All films released after July 1 ...

L-R: Jussi Vatanen, Paula Oinonen, Director Aki Kaurismäki, Alma Pöysti and Misha Jaari attend the "Kuolleet Lehdet (Fallen Leaves)" red carpet during the 76th annual Cannes film festival. Andreas ...

Sales company The Match Factory has boarded the documentary “Cinéma Laika,” which focuses on Aki Kaurismäki’s construction of his own movie theater in Karkkila, Finland. Veljko Vidak directed the film ...

"Now what?" "Would you like to go to the cinema?" Any fans of awkward romance must watch this. Mubi has unveiled their official trailer for Aki Kaurismäki's latest film Fallen Leaves, his ...

Aki Kaurismaki’s “Fallen Leaves” is both magical and despairing, born of what the Finnish auteur’s stars say is an unusual shooting approach. By Esther Zuckerman There’s a detail in Aki Kaurismaki’s ...

For those that are not already familiar with Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki's films, I will say that they are an acquired taste. His dry wit and minimalistic dead pan style definitely won't work for ...

The very first winner of the Palme d’Or in 1955 was future Best Picture Oscar winner Marty, which starred Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair as two lonely middle-age adults beginning a tentative ...

‘No Smoking,” scolds the sign in front of which a worn-out character smokes at the beginning of “Fallen Leaves.” Such little liberties are sometimes all that one can count on, at least in the world of ...

Welcome to Kino Laika: Aki Kaurismäki and Mika Lätti’s cinema in Karkkila, an hour away from Helsinki. A place where love for movies – and dogs – meets ghosts of cinema’s past. “One time, I had a 35mm ...