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[Review] Blood Father

If this be the movie jail that Mel Gibson is destined to die in, it could be a whole lot worse. Blood Father, directed by Jean-François Richet (Mesrine, Assault...

[Locarno Review] The Idea of a Lake

If made with the best of intentions to explore the always effective chestnut of memory through photographic means, it’s with great misfortune that, in the case ...

[Locarno Review] The Ornithologist

Publicly stated by its director to concern Saint Anthony, the Portuguese priest and friar who legend calls the most supernatural of saints, The Ornithologist lu...

[Locarno Review] This Time Tomorrow

Lina Rodriguez’s This Time Tomorrow delivers its thesis through three clear demarcations in time -- or, rather, extended shots, beginning on a sunlit tree, comi...

[Locarno Review] Hermia & Helena

For beginning with a dedication to Setsuko Hara, recently departed muse of Ozu and Naruse, Hermia & Helena -- the new film by Viola and The Princess of Fran...