Whitetail Review (Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2025)
Woods never disappoints, least of all on the big screen. Writer and director Nanouk Leopold (It's All So Quiet, 2013)...
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The Mastermind Review (Locarno Film Festival 2025)
Kelly Reichardt, a filmmaker long cherished by critics and loyal festival-goers alike, has developed something of a ritual: premiering her...
Roqia Review (Venice Film Festival 2025)
Fans of the genre would agree: horror films are at their best when they stay true to intention rather than...
DJ Ahmet Review (Sarajevo Film Festival 2025)
Rural areas, anywhere in the world, hold tight to their traditions. For some, folklore offers a rich weave of legends...
Paternal Leave Review (Sarajevo Film Festival 2025)
Leo, 15, leaves her home in Germany for a train journey to Marina Romea, Italy. There, she intends to track...
Celtic Utopia Review (Locarno Film Festival 2025)
Irish contemporary history is one of a kind; straightforward and painfully clear. As post-colonial residue pervades daily life, and national...
The Visitor Review (KVIFF 2025)
From the outset, it’s a poem. Starting off as a well-shot home video, becoming a feeling, ending up as a...
The Love That Remains Review (KVIFF 2025)
Walking down the brick-paved streets of Karlovy Vary, I was struck by the odd poster for The Love That Remains....
How Come It’s All Green Out Here Review (KVIFF 2025)
A sober, gently resonant take on individuality caught within the intangible heritage of family. Nikola is a Serbian director who...
Interview: Alexandros Voulgaris on They Come Out of Margo (KVIFF 2025)
Making art is the closest we come to alchemy: no one quite understands it, but somehow it works. Being the...
Welded Together Review
‘Welded Together’ is a story both resonant in subject and impressionable in its uniqueness. Katya is only now, at the...
To The West, In Zapata Review (Visions du Réel Festival 2025)
There are few cinematic works that convincingly argue for the enduring relevance of tales. When one such film emerges, it...
Sanatorium Review (CPH:DOX 2025)
Seldom do we encounter a film (let alone documentary) coming from Ukraine that does not directly and urgently address the...
Zlatan’s Nose Review (CPH:DOX 2025)
‘Zlatan’s Nose’ started as a crime-investigating documentary, then turned into fiction, then a portrait, then observational film. What an insightful...