With a documentary-like aesthetic and profound use of the mundane, Heather Young’s sophomore film There, There reasserts her singular voice.
There, There. A Tender Depiction of Care.
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The Other One Explores the Glass Children Phenomenon
Marie-Magdalena Kochová’s debut feature acutely captures the Glass Children phenomenon: being overshadowed by your sibling with more complex needs.
Losing It at The Opera!
An EU-funded cousin of Megalopolis, The Opera! is a baffling and bad film that astounds with its incredibly basic classical music choices.
Chasing Pavements
Pavements is a biopic, musical and exhibition, with Alex Ross Perry applying the idiosyncratic spirit of the 90s band to novel forms of cinematic expression.
Aye, There’s The Cherub
A fat straight man finds a new lease of life when he sends his self-portrait into a gay magazine in Devin Shears’ touching debut Cherub.
Familiar Touch Depicts Dementia with Disarming Discernment
Sarah Friedland’s potent debut takes time and care to depict the ins and outs of living with dementia, to powerful results. Live from Venice Film Festival.
Cloud Finds the Apocalypse in E-Commerce
Cloud, the latest from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, shows how fears about the internet have drastically evolved since Pulse (2001). Live from Venice.
The Imhumane Perils of a Quiet Life
The dehumanisation of seeking asylum is piercingly explored in Alexandros Avranas’ horror-but-not-horror Quiet Life. Live from Venice Film Festival!
Weightless Goes in Search of Love Past
A man’s grief-induced amnesia provides excellent inspiration for a journey through the past in Sara Fgaier’s powerful debut Weightless.
Holy Cow. Curdled Maturity.
Love and cheese freely intermingle in Louise Courvoisier’s diverting yet underwhelming debut Holy Cow, (somehow) playing in Un Certain Regard.