Capturing the Gulf States as they suffer from temperatures rising over 50 degrees, Jacqueline Zünd’s Heat is a bleak and bold artistic vision.
Heat. A Bleak Glass Desert Mirage.
Tag: Documentary
The Roots of Madness (It’s America)
The Roots of Madness is an excellent exploration of American intervention in the Middle East that sadly suffers from a fatal omission.
We Have To Survive Contemplates a World in Crisis
In We Have to Survive, Tales from Greenland, Australia, North Carolina and Mongolia show how the world is united in one thing: the threat of climate change.
Ukrainian Rhapsody in 16mm
Filmed over the course of ten years, Pieter-Jan De Pue’s documentary Mariinka is one of the best films made about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Dad Genes Has No Spunk
Dad Genes has a brilliant premise — a man in his 50s reconnecting with his sperm donor children — but is derailed by perfectly middle-of-the-road filmmaking.
A Russian Winter’s Lost Generation
Patric Chiha’s A Russian Winter is a minor work, but a nonetheless rewarding one: capturing exiled Russian youth in a tragic holding pattern.
Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest. Unmoored Between Tradition and Liberation.
Naval-gazing documentary Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest is a funny, lacerating look at being caught between two very different cultures.
Why Do I See Hybrids In Everything?
Why Do I See You in Everything? surveys the notion of home amid living in exile, but feels unfocussed while tending towards the tedious.
Lesbians Forever!
Barbara Forever is a loving tribute to the life and work of Barbara Hammer that excellently shows how she paved the way for many queer filmmakers to come.
Before/After’s Enigmatic Ellipses
Two balding men travel to Instanbul for a transplant in Manoël Dupont’s uneven yet fascinating hybrid film Before/After.