Locarno review: Balls (2022)
The suggested implications are actually a bit frightening, since the football fandom is less about the game and the club, and it serves more as a pressure group and recruitment camp for sinister things.
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Locarno review: Mother Prays All Day Long (2022)
Two young women, one Persian immigrant and one German native, are in a relationship, but both of them have their personal “baggage” and agenda.
NIFFF 2022: International Shorts Competition close-up
The highlight of the segment and also its most realistic entry is Joanny Causse’s American-French co-production ‘Rachels Don’t Run’
NIFFF 2022: Swiss Shorts close-up
The programmers of NIFFF (Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival) have managed to compose a fine and diverse short film programme.
Karlovy Vary review: Lynch/ Oz (2022)
Both deep and wide in its scope, masterfully composed, whip-smart, perceptive and nurturing to every cinephile, ‘Lynch/Oz’ can sometimes feel overwhelming, and even a bit too much (…)
NIFFF report: Asian shorts close-up
The focus on Asia that dominated this year’s (and also the last few years’) NIFFF also reflected in the selection of shorts, where the short films from Asia got their own slot. The most notable difference between the Asian, the international and the Swiss shorts programmes is that the Asian one is, well, the most […]
Karlovy Vary review: Another Spring (2022)
Neither Kovačević nor Radovanović preach in ‘Another Spring’, but having Radovanović, an open and vocal critic of the current Serbian régime and the way it handled the pandemic, is certainly a political statement.
Sheffield review: Karaoke Paradise (2022)
The fact is that ‘Karaoke Paradise’ seems a little bit all over the place, especially in its elevated tempo, but there is a sense of rhythm and structure to it, so it works almost like a perfect karaoke song.
Karlovy Vary review: My Love Affair With Marriage (2022)
‘My Love Affair with Marriage’ is an animated film aimed at adult audiences, interestingly envisioned and told well enough to keep us occupied almost until the very end.
