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[Karlovy Vary Review] The Summer of Sangaile

Comparisons between Alanté Kavaïté’s The Summer of Sangaile – the Lithuanian writer-director’s first feature since her 2006 debut Fissures – and Abdellatif Kech...

[Review] Ardor

If you combine Blue Ruin’s lack of a clearly discernible story and exercise in genre with Jauja’s teases of magical realism and self-consciously mythic narrativ...

[Review] Mr. Holmes

The mere mention of BBC Films conjures gentle images of passive Sunday-afternoon TV movies with some nice acting, nice costumes, and a nice score, all resulting...

[Review] She’s Funny That Way

The contemporary is overrated; sometimes, we have to look back in order to move forward; the new is always found in the old. These are some of the obvious mantr...

[Karlovy Vary Review] Bob and the Trees

Following its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Diego Ongaro’s Bob and the Trees was featured in the main competition at Karlovy V...

[Review] The Gallows

A found footage film set in a high school, The Gallows is a movie (essentially) made by teenagers, with a teenager’s intelligence, and for teenagers. This micro...

[Karlovy Vary Review] Heil

After the tight scripting and austere formalism of his previous feature Stations of the Cross – a film divided into 14 chapters, each shot in a single take and ...

[Review] Do I Sound Gay?

Everyone who has heard their voice recorded on a video camera has wondered, “Is that what I really sound like?” This thought is typically followed up by a quest...