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Tomorrow a Long Time Ago
Set against the backdrop of Germany’s reunification in 1990, Tomorrow a Long Time Ago (the feature fiction debut from writer-director Luise Donschen) follows Patty (Gerti Drassl) as she struggles with…
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Mare’s Nest
Experimental filmmaker and visual artist Ben Rivers blends fiction, fable and poetic essay to create Mare’s Nest. Set…
By Andrew Murray
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Weightless
Artists often wrestle with the conundrum: how to give form to grief? How to give it contours, shape?…
By Joseph Owen
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Bang Bang
A boxer seeks redemption: an oldie and a goodie. Tim Blake Nelson takes on the worn mantle of…
By Joseph Owen
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Timestalker
The riddle of reincarnation is the problem of repetition. No matter the place, no matter the age, no…
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“The world can change if you put together two things that were not associated before”: Sara Fgaier on Weightless at Locarno Film Festival 2024
Sara Fgaier brings her debut feature Weightless (Sulla terra legerri) to Locarno, where it has premiered in competition.…
By Joseph Owen
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Brotherhood
Shot over five years in a docufictional style that fuses reality and imagination, Brotherhood is an assured second…
By Joseph Owen
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Gerda
Gerda is a diverting, if frustrating, account of thwarted personal choice in modern Russia, speckled with striking compositions,…
By Joseph Owen
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The Sacred Spirit (Espiritu Sagrado)
This darkly comic work walks and, for the most part, masters a tonal tightrope that few filmmakers would…
By Joseph Owen
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Medea
The Greek myth of Medea ends in tragedy, and this bold, bullish adaptation from Alexander Zeldovich positions itself…
By Joseph Owen
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Vortex
Gaspar Noé, generally a director of provocations, has made an elegant and candid feature in a lesser-spotted minor…
By Joseph Owen
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Bong Joon-Ho and Song Kang-Ho discuss their Palme d’Or winner Parasite at Locarno Film Festival
Director Bong Joon-Ho and his longtime collaborator, the actor Song Kang-Ho, were both in attendance at Locarno Film…
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The Tree House (Nhà cây)
The poetry of The Tree House is in its high concept framework that complicates space and time, its…
By Joseph Owen