IFFR review: Sunsets, Everyday (2020)
The cinematographer Mani Boss makes sure we notice the difference between the stability of the picture showing a world of male tranquility and the trembling world of fear that victims of abuse live in
February 2021
IFFR review: 80 000 years (2021)
Christelle Lheureux uses split screen to put the segments of Céline’s days in a constantly running dialogue.
IFFR Review: Manifesto (2021)
Manifesto acts and feels like a documentary thanks to the filmmaker’s specific solutions, like the alternation between the hand-held camerawork and the static shots from afar and from above
Review: Flowers Blooming in Our Throats (2020)
‘Flowers Blooming in Our Throats’ is composed entirely of short takes, usually in close-up, of people whose faces we rarely see, performing repetitive actions
Review: For the Sake of Calmness (2020)
With medical sciences and psychology progressing, it became easier to describe and define both PMS and PMDD, which lead to the path of trying to respond to them adequately.
Rotterdam review: Landscapes of Resistance (2021)
As with Claude Landzmann’s Shoah, there is a tangible sense that you could almost scratch the screen and see into the past.
Sundance review: Like The Ones I Used to Know (2021)
Penned by the director Annie St-Pierre, the script of Like the Ones I Used to Know which has just world-premiered at Sundance Film Festival, brings the nostalgia of the 1980s that serves as a backdrop for a charming coming-of-age drama full of laughter (and tears), song and cigarette smoke.
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