[TIFF Review] Godless
The “social realism” sub-genre of drama has been awards bait in the European festival circuit lately and this year’s Locarno International Film Festival jury, l...
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NYFF’s Projections Lineup Includes Nathaniel Dorsky, ‘The Human Surge’ & More
As with their Convergence section, the New York Film Festival offers an expanded view of the current cinema with yet another installment in their Projection...
TIFF Trailers for ‘Austerlitz,’ Cannes Winner ‘Mimosas,’ ‘The Human Surge,’ and Albert Serra’s ‘Singularity’
Insofar as a Spain-Morocco-France-Qatar co-production that mostly earns comparisons to Jauja can be said to "have a moment," Oliver Laxe's Mimosas is, indee...
TIFF 2016 Adds ‘Voyage of Time,’ ‘Certain Women,’ ‘Julieta,’ ‘The Promise,’ and More
The Toronto International Film Festival has once again expanded their line-up, premiering virtually every forthcoming film one could think of. Today they've a...
[Locarno Review] Bangkok Nites
Two echoing images. The film's very first, a reflection cast as our heroine, Luck (Subenja Pongkorn), stares into the glass window of a high-rise building as a ...
João Pedro Rodrigues on Mythology, Westerns, and ‘The Ornithologist’
We talk with the director behind one of the highlights of Locarno Film Festival....
[Locarno Review] By the Time It Gets Dark
When attending a film festival and seeing a number of titles over the course of a few days, it can almost feel as if the viewer is forced to consider trends. Wi...
[Locarno Review] Scarred Hearts
Beginning in 1937 -- the opening credits take us through a series of period photos and alert us to expect something with a potentially greater scope than simply...
[Locarno Review] The Human Surge
To put it upfront, Eduardo Williams’ The Human Surge is pretty much a film that, by nature, is unlovable. Often blatantly ugly or boring, it’s not so much delib...
[Locarno Review] Where Is Rocky II?
It was around the time Pierre Bismuth won his Oscar as an original story creator on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind that he stumbled upon an unknown work ...