Review: Roqaia (2019) by Diana Saqeb Jamal
Roqaia is traumatized by the suicide attack, but that is something that the immediate environment refuses to acknowledge
September 2019
Review: Delphine (2019), by Chloé Robichaud
There are couple of things that stick to one’s memory after watching Chloé Robichaud’s short Delphine based on Nathalie Doummar’s play adapted for the screen:
Review: Sand (2019), by Kim Kyung-rae
Two young lovers wake up one morning after a night involving a big spliff, and Sung-min (James Chung) immediately starts looking for the proof they had protected sex.
Review: The Diver (2019), by Jamie Helmer & Michael Leonard
The main character of Jamie Helmer’s & Michael Leonard’s film The Diver, Callan (Nicholas Denton) isn’t someone you’d like to befriend and even less to have as an enemy.
Review: Dogs Barking at Birds (2019), by Leonor Teles
The Portuguese director Leonor Teles is painting a wonderfully accomplished picture of Porto’s rapid urban change and its consequences through the eyes of the main protagonist Vicente Gil and his family.
Review: The Tears Thing (2019) by Clémence Poesy
“The Tears Thing” is a story sharp as a knife, or rather – painful as a bullet piercing human flash, and it was one of the contenders of the Orizzonti shorts competition at the Venice International Film festival.
Review: Austral Fever ( 2019) by Thomas Woodroffe
Visually inspired by the artwork of Woodroffe’s aunt Carmen Silva whose monochrome paintings were “violent, seductive, static, erotic and outrageous”, as the director describes them in his own words…
Review: Deborah Harry Does Not Like Interviews (2019)
This archival biography film from Meghan Fredrich is fascinating viewing, not just for fans of musician, actor and writer Deborah Harry but for anyone interested in studying the mechanisms of mainstream media.
Review: The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be (2019), by Franco Maresco
What a strange and, frankly, indescribable viewing experience it is, right from its overly long title taken from an out of context line of dialogue fired by one of the film’s characters.
