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Tag: Film
Mosquitoes Is Big, Bold and More Than a Little Messy
Not everything in Mosquitoes lands, but its big, and bold swings show off the ambition of Nicole and Valentina Bertani’s off-kilter coming-of-age vision.
Two Seasons, Two Strangers. Wistful and Intimate Compassion.
Two distinct, writerly stories emerge from Sho Miyake’s pen in his wistful adaptation of Yoshiharu Tsuge’s manga Mr. Ben and His Igloo, A View of the Seaside.
Dry Leaf. A Bold Grasscutter.
Dry Leaf, Alexandre Koberidze’s much anticipated follow up to What Do We See When We Look At The Sky?, is another meandering exploration of family and football.
With Hasan in Gaza. Palestinian (Non-)Existence
Kamal Aljafari’s urgent With Hasan in Gaza might be shot in the autumn of 2001, but its images speak firmly to the present onslaught by the Israeli regime.
Join the Follicule!
Éric K. Boulianne’s debut comedy drama Follies explores the joys — and pitfalls — of opening up a marriage, to often hilarious results.
Year One. The OG Malmkrog?
A fresh restoration of Roberto Rossellini’s hagiography of a centrist Italian prime minister proves an unlikely forebearer for Cristi Puiu’s iconic Malmkrog.
White Snail. Love Covered in Slime.
Space Dogs directors Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter’s first fully fiction feature is a dark and disturbing love story set in Belarus.
John Garfield: The Father of Method Acting
Films by Gena Rowlands and John Garfield at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival show us the deep emotional power of the method acting approach.
Don’t Call Me Mama’s Scandalous Scandinavians
Don’t Call Me Mama is Scandinavia’s answer to Babygirl that unfortunately gives off a truly icky Blame It On Rio vibe.