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Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑki ˈkɑu̯rismæki] ⓘ; born 4 April 1957) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the award-winning Drifting Clouds (1996), The Man Without a Past (2002), Le Havre (2011), The Other Side of Hope (2017) and Fallen Leaves (2023), as well as Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989).
- Calamari Union (1985) Following the relatively straightforward Dostoyevsky adaptation of his debut feature (Crime and Punishment, 1983), Kaurismäki threw caution to the wind for his second film.
- Shadows in Paradise (1986) The first part of the so-called ‘proletariat trilogy’, and the film that set the blueprint for the Kaurismäki mode, Shadows in Paradise may run a mere 76 minutes, but one couldn’t mistake brevity for slightness, despite its wisp of a narrative.
- Ariel (1988) Kaurismäki has little interest in notions of love and happiness in romantic terms. More often than not, shacking up proves at best a question of convenience or survival.
- Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) The broadest – and perhaps the funniest – of Kaurismäki’s comedies, it’s easy to see why Leningrad Cowboys Go America represented the filmmaker’s major breakthrough on the international stage.
Nov 27, 2023 · The best place to start – Drifting Clouds. With at least half a dozen candidates for the top spot – some might even say a dozen – this is a close-run thing, but the sublime Drifting Clouds (1996) is in many ways the perfect Aki Kaurismäki film. Long-term regulars Kati Outinen and Kari Väänänen star as a couple who are made redundant ...
Oct 21, 2011 · Aki Kaurismäki’s Top 10. Our favorite Finn didn’t have an easy time picking his ten favorite titles in the Criterion Collection. On the eve of Janus Films’ 2011 release of his Le Havre, Aki Kaurismäki had this to say: “I didn’t really concentrate for this selection, since all my energy from now on will be solely used for suing ...
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The following autumn, Kino Laika opened for business. Artfully remodelled, the industrial-chic space features some of the high-ceilinged factory’s original architectural details, including a massive brick chimney. It has a bar, a conference room, and a movie theatre that seats about 100. The airy décor features cinema memorabilia and classic movie ...
The name of the theatre also has connections to Kaurismäki’s film career. The late Finnish director and film historian Peter von Bagh once insisted to Kaurismäki that he someday open a cinema called Laika. Von Bagh cofounded the Midnight Sun Film Festival, held every June in the far-northern town of Sodankylä, together with Aki Kaurismäki, his brot...
Years ago, Kaurismäki opened a movie theatre called Andorra as part of a complex in Helsinki that included two bars, Corona Bar and Kafe Moskva. Losing the lease on those premises in 2019 contributed to his inspiration to try it again. “There is no doubt that these events played a part in the birth of Kino Laika,” Lätti says. “Karkkila had never ha...
Kino Laika offers a wide range of movies, from Hollywood blockbusters to arthouse cinema, and features works by local directors such as Mikko Myllylahti and Aleksi Salmenperä. Patrons may also visit a restaurant, a sauna and boutique shops in the complex, as well as an outdoor deck overlooking the river. At the time of writing, Kaurismäki’s newest...
Nov 30, 2023 · M y first encounter with the work of Aki Kaurismäki was on an awkward date. Which, if you’ve seen any of the filmmaker’s work, is very on brand. It was a press screening of his typically doleful 2006 comic feature, Lights in the Dusk, in which a hangdog night watchman with no friends hooks up with a gang of criminals in a bar purely for the company.
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Jul 9, 2009 · Kaurismäki tackled an altogether different kind of genre in his silent, black-and-white Juha (1999), adapted from a famous Finnish tragedy written by Juhani Aho in 1911. The story is a classic love triangle, in which the plain wife of a simple-minded farmer falls in love with a smooth-talking stranger from the city.
