Maria Bakalova – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

WOMEN DO CRY (SXSW 2022) – Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

March 12, 2022March 13, 2022 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Maria Bakalova, Mina Mileva, Ralitsa Stoyanova, sxsw 2022, Vesela Kazakova, Women Do Cry

If anyone was cynical enough to dismiss Maria Bakalova’s breakout performance in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as a flash in the pan or a gimmick, Women Don’t Cry single-handedly proves such positions do the Oscar nominee a great disservice. Directed by Vesela Kazakova and Mina Mileva, Women Don’t Cry is an unflinching portrait of the plight of women in contemporary Bulgaria which hinges around Bakalova’s Sonja and her sister Lora (Ralitsa Stoyanova). When we first meet the sisters, a squabble about clothing escalates into a full-fledged fight, broken up only when their mother slaps them. And yet, like so many sisters in real life, things fizzle out as quickly as they ramped up, and soon they are back to talking about boys as they play with kittens while lying around in their underwear.

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BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM – Review by Susan Granger

November 10, 2020November 15, 2020 Susan Granger 0 Comments amazon prime, borat subsequent moviefilm, Jason Woliner, Maria Bakalova, sacha baron cohen

It’s been 14 years since pseudo-Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) visited the United States but he’s back – this time on a mission to deliver Johnny the Monkey, Kazakhstan’s minister of culture/#1 porn star, to bribe Vice President Mike Pence to admit his country’s leader to “the strongman club.”

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BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM – Review by Martha K Baker

October 22, 2020October 25, 2020 Martha K. Baker 0 Comments borat subsequent moviefilm, Maria Bakalova, mockumentary, sacha baron cohen

Sacha Baron Cohen, a satirist in the classic tradition, does not raise laughter so much as he raises goosebumps by being outrageous and atrocious while straddling the truth. His satire stands on the shoulders of Jonathan Swift, the 17th-century Irishman, who knew a modest proposal when he wrote one. Baron Cohen has written another. And it bites immodestly.