Perla Review (2025 International Film Festival Rotterdam)
Slovak-Austrian director Alexandra Makarova’s sophomore film sets its characters between the booming vibrancy of Vienna and the gloom of Slovakia...
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Wind, Talk To Me Review (2025 International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025)
‘Wind, Talk to Me’ is a title that doesn’t exactly do justice to the picture it represents—a soft, reflective docu-fiction...
Acts of Love Review (2025 International Film Festival Rotterdam)
Thinking of incest as a non-violent and non-violating act, and contemplating somatic love at large, I am instinctively drawn to...
2024 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam: Been Here Stay Here Review
The most severe internal conflict in confronting global threats begins with the (in)visibility of the enemy. How do you trust...
2024 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam: About a Hero Review
“A computer will not make a film as good as mine in 4,500 years.” This provocative claim from Werner Herzog,...
2024 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam: A Want in Her Review
Perhaps, many have filmed their families and the particular vulnerabilities and struggles they endure. Yet, only few have a story...
2024 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam: Real Review
Influencing is hardly a contemporary phenomenon; think of public figures and archetypes who’ve long shaped trends. While it wasn’t always...
Souls of a River Review
Souls of a River is an artistic documentary, lingering in the depths of the Evros river, the natural border between...
Interview: Ciaran Lyons on Vape Clouds, Paranoia, and the Thrills of Tummy Monster
In ‘Tummy Monster,’ a heady mix of dark humor, mind-bending paranoia, and clouds of vape smoke fuel a psychological game...
White Flash Review
Rick, 42, is a man in turmoil. He believes himself to be a danger to others (we often hear him...
Film Review – Sky Peals (2023)
Moin Hussain’s debut feature, Sky Peals, is a masterful dive into the quiet despair of modern existence, wrapped in a...
Film Review – Shayda (2023)
Shayda and her six-year-old daughter, Mona, take refuge in a women’s shelter. From there, a long emancipation journey begins. The...
Film Review – Green Border (2023)
Agnieszka Holland, the celebrated director from Poland, returns with a powerful and pressing film. Holland is a leading figure in...
Interview – Ivan Sautkin On Documenting Daily Life In Occupied Ukraine
There is something uncanny in the daily experience of receiving war images; the source of such content, often mediated by...