Django Reinhardt (1910-1953) practically invented jazz guitar. A product of gypsy culture and music, living and working in Paris in the 1930s-40s, he and his group, the Hot Club Quintet, which notably ...

With a little more than a month to go before kickoff, the Berlin Film Festival has unveiled Etienne Comar’s Django as its opening movie. A world premiere, it will also run in competition. Comar, a ...

This is the second of a series of articles on the recent Berlin international film festival, the Berlinale, held February 9-18, 2017. The first part was posted March 2. Finally, a feature film about ...

BERLIN-- The Berlin International Film Festival has chosen “Django,” a French film about jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt directed by Etienne Comar, to open this year’s edition next month. Festival ...

This past January, the 2017 Berlin Film Festival announced that its opening night film would be the world premiere of Etienne Comar‘s “Django,” about famous French jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt and ...

How many fabrications can one fact-based, fiction-forward movie handle, before the movie falls forward and can’t get up? More than you’d think. A tremendous amount of fabrication, in fact.

Review: DJANGO (2018)Reda Kateb, Cécile de France, Beata Balya, BimBam Merstein, Gabriel Mirété, Vincent Frade, Johnny Montreuil, Raphaël Dever, Patrick Mille, Xavier Beauvois, Doctor Jazz.Directed by ...

STEPHANE GRAPPELLI - A Life in the Jazz Century - A Music on Earth Production. “A Masterpiece" - Just Jazz Guitar “The finest documentary of a musician's life I have ever seen" - Fanfare “If you want ...

THE Berlinale often makes a point of confronting Germany’s past, as well as addressing today’s political issues. Both boxes are ticked by this year’s opening film, “Django”, a handsome drama about the ...

Reda Kateb stars as jazz legend Django Reinhardt. The film, co-written by Comar and Alexis Salatko, is a biopic about the jazz legend Django Reinhardt. Starring Reda Kateb as the guitarist and ...