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Too Late to Die Young (Tarde Para Morir Joven)
With Pinochet gone, Chile began to look a different place. The early 90s brought the usual teething problems…
By Joseph Owenlocarno film festival
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Breath of Life (L’Ordre des médecins)
This strange film is death sped up. The agony of terminal diagnosis usually lasts a lifetime; L'Ordre des Médecins…
By Joseph Owen
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En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day): An interview with director Jim McKay
En el Séptimo Día is the latest work from American director Jim McKay. It is being shown in…
By Joseph Owen
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An interview with Olivier Assayas at Locarno Film Festival
Esteemed film critic and director Olivier Assayas heads the jury at this year’s Locarno Film Festival. We interviewed Assayas…
By Joseph Owen
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Good Luck: An interview with director Ben Russell
Good Luck is the latest nonfiction work from American director Ben Russell. It is being shown in competition…
By Joseph Owen
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En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day)
Concerned with football and the immigrant experience, Jim McKay’s En el Séptimo Día is a generally well-observed, somewhat doe-eyed…
By Joseph Owen
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Gli Asteroidi (The Asteroids)
There’s a large hole in this film where wit, plot, jeopardy, excitement, emotional insight, character development and general…
By Joseph Owen
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Qing Ting zhi yan (Dragonfly Eyes)
Strange, confrontational and dizzying, Dragonfly Eyes is an undeniably ingenious piece of work. Composed entirely of real surveillance footage, director…
By Joseph Owen
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Contes de Juillet (July Tales)
Guillaume Brac serves up a small surprise with this joyful, funny short story diptych set in and around…
By Joseph Owen
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Person to Person: An interview with writer and director Dustin Guy Defa
Dustin Guy Defa is the director, writer and editor of Person to Person, which screened at Locarno Film Festival…
By Miranda Slade