Review: Precious (2020)
Precious is a wonderful cinematic experience and the perfect vehicle for the bitter pill that is at its core.
Marko Stojiljković
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Review: Struck by Lightning (2020)
“Struck by Lightning” is a meta-film and a collage documentary, a demonstration of the variety of techniques at brothers Esko’s disposal, and a wild ride worthy of the protagonist’s personality
Review: Souvenir, souvenir (2020)
Bastien Dubois deals with the multitude of interconnected topics revolving around war, memories and the efforts taken to bury or unearth some unpleasant truths.
Review: Soviet Friendsbook (2020)
Lead by her “anketa” and some Facebook searches, Alyona sets on the mission to track down her classmates some twenty years later to ask them the same, but also some different, “grown-up” questions.
Review: Latvian Coyote (2019)
As it is the case with the titular animal, the term “coyote” for a human trafficker who knows the uncharted routes over the border, originates from the Mexican-American border.
Review: The Jump (2020)
On November 23rd 1970, in the midst of the negotiations between the American and Soviet representatives regarding the fishing of the coast of New England, a Lithuanian sailor Simas Kudirka jumped from his ship Soviet Lithuania, swam across the cold Atlantic waters and boarder the US Coast Guard ship Vigilant, pleading for the political asylum only to be turned down and given back to the Soviets.
Review: Forest (2020)
The world-wide lockdown of the spring of 2020 is slowly coming to the film screens, with the shorts leading the way for the feature-length work.
Review: En Route (2019)
Marit Weerheijm’s script is cleverly constructed in the way that there is no explanation whatsoever: we have to follow the trip in order to realize what Inay’s “game” is about.
Review: All Dogs Die (2020)
Filmed in a boxy 4:3 ratio, the film amplifies the anxiety and the existential dread its protagonist is facing.
