The spirit of Éric Rohmer lives on in João Rosas excellent Crystal Globe entry The Luminuous Life, capturing the perils of love under capitalism.
The Luminous Life. Love Under Capitalism.
Tag: Portugal
I Only Rest in the Storm. A Complicated Neo-Colonial Picture.
I Only Rest in the Storm is an epic exploration of the relationship between Africa and the West that fiendishly complicates stereotypical portrayals.
The Empty Pageantry of Savanna and the Mountain
A group of villagers stage a series of increasingly bizarre protests against the development of a lithium mine in the unengaging Savanna and the Mountain.
The Freewheeling Spirit of Bolaño Is Excellently Channelled in Foremost By Night
A free-wheeling, three-part riot of formal invention, Víctor Iriarte’s excellent debut is at once aesthetically rigorous and politically pointed.
Bad Living and Living Bad at Berlinale 2023: Four Enigmatic Hours of Maternal Misery
Haughty mothers haunt a draughty hotel in João Canijo’s Bad Living and Living Bad, playing in both Competition and Encounters at the Berlinale 2023.