Follies ★½
At least on the surface, Éric K. Boulianne‘s uneven entry to the Locarno Film Festival’s Filmmakers of the Present sectionContinue Reading
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Exile ★★½
Feverish colors, muted tones, and corroded surfaces immediately evoke the suffocating aura of systemic corruption haunting Mehdi Hmili‘s nightmarish thriller.Continue Reading
Bobò (documentary) ½
If one believes director Pippo Delbono, his documentary is one of humanism and humor. In 1995, Delbono discovered Bobò duringContinue Reading
Suspended Time ★★★
These days, when we talk about COVID films, we’re usually talking about movies made under strict rules of pandemic-era filmmaking.Continue Reading
Eddington ★★
André de Toth’s Riding Shotgun is a 1954 Western starring Randolph Scott as stagecoach guard Larry Delong. When his stagecoachContinue Reading
Sorry, Baby ★★★½
It’s quite rare you see content creators able to pull off a transition to filmmaking, due to differences in mediumContinue Reading
Cloud ★★★½
No one comes out clean in our post-capitalist world. You’re either exploited, or you’re an exploiter. At least that’s whatContinue Reading
Dragonfly ★★★★
The title of Paul Andrew Williams‘ disquieting drama, which premiered earlier this year at Tribeca and is now at KarlovyContinue Reading
The Shrouds ★★
David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds comes seven years following the death of his wife Carolyn Zeifman. They were married for almostContinue Reading
Promise, I’ll Be Fine ★★½
A seemingly small but significant detail of Katarína Gramatová‘s feature film debut, screening at Karlovy Vary after its Tokyo premiere,Continue Reading
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