Raffi Asdourian works as a professional TV/Commercial/Film editor in New York City in addition to writing for The Film Stage. He is an independent filmmaker as well, having made over twenty short films and written six feature length screenplays. His last completed short film, Ai, filmed in Japanese, has been featured in over 15 film festivals around the world, won several awards and is available on Hulu as part of an IndieFlix showcase.

Blog Entries by Raffi Asdourian

No: Cannes 2012 Review

(0) Comments | Posted May 23, 2012 | 05/23/12 02:25 PM ET

No
[Sony Pictures Classics; 2012]
Director: Pablo Larraín
Runtime: 115 minutes

Pablo Larraín (Post Mortem) has achieved something spectacularly unique with No, his beta-max rendition of the 1988 referendum vote in Chile concerning dictator Augusto Pinochet. The most striking element is its bold visual aesthetic that is...

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Amour: Cannes 2012 Review

(0) Comments | Posted May 22, 2012 | 05/22/12 04:12 PM ET

Amour
[Sony Pictures Classics; 2012]
Director: Michael Haneke
Runtime: 127 minutes

There is a certain indescribable manner in which Michael Haneke is able to lure you into his films that leaves you in a state of both shock and awe. It's everything from the subtle use of...

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Rust & Bone Lacks Coherence

(0) Comments | Posted May 22, 2012 | 05/22/12 11:05 AM ET

Rust & Bone
[Sony Pictures Classics; 2012]
Director: Jacques Audiard
Runtime: 120 minutes

In Jacques Audiard's follow-up to the internationally-acclaimed and Oscar-nominated A Prophet, the French filmmaker decided to adapt a short story collection by Craig Davidson. But instead of doing a series of vignettes about different...

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Moonrise Kingdom Is Par for the Course

(0) Comments | Posted May 22, 2012 | 05/22/12 10:13 AM ET

Moonrise Kingdom
[Focus Features; 2012]
Director: Wes Anderson
Runtime: 94 minutes

In Wes Anderson's seventh film, Moonrise Kingdom, the quintessential quirkiness that's made the filmmaker a household name is in full effect. Unlike his last live-action and somewhat somber film The Darjeeling Limited, this is a...

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