Familial bonds between migrant workers are put to the test in Liryc Dela Cruz’ compelling debut Where The Night Stands Still.
Where the Night Stands Still: Between Light, Absence and Loss
Tag: Film
Avoid How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World
Florian Pochlatko’s How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World is a long and ungainly look at mental illness that never finds a way to work.
Snowgirls
Lucile Hadžihalilović’s The Ice Tower is a forbidding and slow riff on Hans Christian Andersen with a movie star performance from Marion Cotillard.
Köln 75. Iconic Chaos.
Mala Emde shines as a chaotic music promoter who puts on Keith Jarrett’s iconic concert at the Cologne Philarmonic in Ido Fluk’s Köln 75.
Before You Fade Away Into Nothing. Unhappy in its Own Way.
Before You Fade Away Into Nothing is a truly rare thing: an all-American slow cinema film, tackling grief in a unique and fascinating way.
Mickey 17 Dials It Past 11
Bong Joon-Ho’s Mickey 17 is a loud and brash cartoonish science-fiction that has very little to say underneath its deafening bluster.
That Summer in Paris. A Small Delight.
A 30-year-old woman’s jaunt to Paris yields all sorts of beautiful insights on the nuances of life in Valentine Cadic’s That Summer in Paris.
Deaf Goes Deep on the Isolation of Hearing Loss
The travails of being deaf in a hearing world are viscerally explored in Eva Libertad’s powerful new work — live from Panorama!
Hot Milk Loses It At The Beach
Lesbian desire and mother-daughter issues intermix on the beach in Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s debut feature Hot Milk. Playing in Competition.
Spring Night. A Sobering Experience.
Han Ye-ri provides an astonishing portrait of alcoholism in Kang Mi-ja’s deeply affecting Spring Night, playing in Forum.