Review: Journey to the Sun (2021)
Novelty and craft values prove to be enough for ‘Journey to the Sun’ to become and remain a documentary worth at least one viewing.
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Review: The Nipple Whisperer (2021)
The cast lead by Denis Lavant who radiates the mysterious weirdness and inner pain like in so many roles throughout his career is brilliant, so is Van Dyck’s control of his actors
Review: Signs of War (2022)
‘Signs of War’ is based on Crom’s photo- and video-material he obtained as the conflict photographer reporting from Ukraine.
Review: Interpretation of Reality – Georg Stefan Troller (2021)
The main question with Interpretation of Reality – Georg Stefan Troller is whether a subject, even as impressive as Troller, and an abundance of the top-notch archival material is enough to guarantee for a good portrait documentary.
Review: The Eclipse (2022)
Nataša Urban opens her film with a grainy, boxy black and white shot of an eclipse, and a narration from a letter she has probably written to herself stating the ambition to explore and potentially explain the downfall of Yugoslavia and the events of the 90s marked by a series of wars in the former Yugoslav republics, from her personal and her family’s and friends’ point of view.
Review: Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
Questlove’s approach is wider than relegating the material simply to the grade of a forgotten, then found “candy”, as he tries to explore the complete context of the event and how it never made it to the level of the American collective memory.
Review: Flee (2021)
‘Flee’ is an extraordinary piece of filmmaking and a deeply sincere and moving complex story told in a respectful and astonishing manner.
Review: Life of Crime 1984-2020 (2021)
Life of Crime 1984-2020 premiered at last year’s edition of Venice and had a brief festival tour before landing on HBO.
IFFR review: Footnote (2022)
For the purpose of the documentary Footnote, it seems that Yang Zhengfan has picked up a neutral position in order to understand the very nature of the police work and to contribute to the debate with his findings.
