The Theme of Absence in Hamnet
There has been much praise for Chloé Zhao’s new film, Hamnet, an adaptation of author Maggie O’Farrell’s novel. The plauditsContinue Reading
Category: Festival Coverage
San Simón ★★★
Contributing to the growing body of Spanish cinema dealing with the unresolved legacies of the Civil War and Francoist repression,Continue Reading
The Sleeper. The Lost Caravaggio (documentary) ★★
Caravaggio has become a rockstar of painting, comments one of the art experts hunting after a formerly unknown work byContinue Reading
As We Breathe ★★★
A slow-burning film in more than one sense, Seyhmus Altun‘s somber debut feature, screening in the New Directors section atContinue Reading
The Son and The Sea ★★★
The inability to communicate one’s inner state and feelings is at the core of Stroma Cairns‘ emotionally eloquent debut feature,Continue Reading
White Flowers and Fruits ★★★
Ghosts, grief, and growing up form a melancholic mêlée in Sakamoto Yukari‘s directorial debut about characters quite literally haunted byContinue Reading
Maspalomas ★★½
From an outsider’s, and possibly especially an American, point of view, Spain may look like an LGBTQ+ haven with itsContinue Reading
Franz ★★
Having been to Prague, where the troubled title character of Agnieszka Holland‘s erratic biopic spent most of his life, significantlyContinue Reading
Deathstalker ★★½
If someone asked if Steven Kostanski’s retro-romancing reboot of Roger Corman’s eponymous sword-and-sorcery film series is strictly speaking a goodContinue Reading
Friedas Fall ★★½
“The wolf often comes in sheep’s clothing,” comments a disdainful prison warden in Maria Brendle’s ambitious combination of period pieceContinue Reading
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