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What to Look Out for at the 75th Locarno Film Festival

 

Redmond Bacon - 03-08-2022

A mixture of arthouse and Hollywood efforts characterise a diverse programme at the 75th Locarno Film Festival — we look at the films to put on your radar. [Read More...]

The 21st Transylvania Film Festival implores us to make films, not war

 

Redmond Bacon - 16-06-2022

The heart of the Romanian film calendar, the Transylvania Film Festival offers an exciting selection of first and second features, while also making a powerful anti-war statement [Read More...]

The Munich Film Festival is leading Germany’s diversity charge

 

Redmond Bacon - 07-04-2022

Representation in German film is sorely lacking. Munich Film Festival's Seeing and being seen: Representation in Film is here in order to change just that! [Read More...]

The weakest Berlinale I’ve ever attended announces its winners…

 

Redmond Bacon - 17-02-2022

Too many middling Franco-German productions soured the party over at the Berlinale Film Festival, resulting in a very poor line-up; and the dirtiest filmmaker left empty-handed! [Read More...]

Bringing in the big hitters: a preview of this year’s Berlinale

 

Redmond Bacon - 07-02-2022

New films from Claire Denis, Hong Sang-soo and Ulrich Seidl characterise a heavy-hitting Berlinale competition - find out more! [Read More...]

Estonian Dispatch: The First Feature Competition Round-Up

 

Redmond Bacon - 28-11-2021

A dark and damp November is once again spiced up by a fantastic First Feature Selection at Tallinn Film Festival. Here's our verdict! [Read More...]

Walking with Peter Greenaway — exclusive work-in-progress report

 

Redmond Bacon - 18-08-2021

We bring you one of the first-look reports from Peter Greenaway's latest film WALKING TO PARIS, screened secretly at Locarno, with the official premiere still to be confirmed [Read More...]

Locarno Film Festival 2021: a terrific Ticinese time

 

Redmond Bacon - 15-08-2021

This year's incarnation of the Ticinese festival served up a fascinating selection of both auteur and genre works. This critic had a great time. [Read More...]

Locarno 2021 preview: a return to the magic of in-person discovery

 

Redmond Bacon - 03-08-2021

After a year break, the return of an in-person Locarno has this critic feeling both excited and a tad trepidatious. Read our preview now! [Read More...]

Creating political art behind bars

 

Redmond Bacon - 03-03-2020

DMovies sat down with the Ukranian director Oleg Sentsov, recently out of Russian jail, about his latest film, an allegory about the abuse of power. [Read More...]

Making a guerrilla documentary in ultra-homophobic Chechnya

 

Redmond Bacon - 03-03-2020

David France discusses his incredible work of investigative journalism, Welcome To Chechnya, focusing on real-life heroes saving LGBT people in the region. [Read More...]

The dark humour of fatherhood

 

Redmond Bacon - 22-08-2019

German film lays bare the awkwardness of fatherhood. We sat down with directors Henner Winckler and Ulrich Köhler to learn about their latest work! [Read More...]

Discover Iceland in all its glory!

 

Redmond Bacon - 17-08-2019

We sat down with Icelandic auteur Rúnar Rúnarsson to discuss Echo, covering everything from working with amateurs to the country's outstanding beauty! [Read More...]

Cinema that bites!

 

Redmond Bacon - 13-08-2019

We sat down with the directing duo behind Space Dogs, an experimental and deeply disturbing doc depicting canine life in a never-seen-before way - live from Locarno [Read More...]

Our dirty picks from the upcoming Locarno Film Festival

 

Redmond Bacon - 04-08-2019

We are looking out for the dirty gems from the eclectic programme at Locarno so you don't have to. They include the latest films by Tarantino, Kapadia, Kurosawa and many more! [Read More...]

10 films that depict the post-Holocaust experience

 

Jack Hawkins - 25-06-2019

Jack Hawkins lists 10 dirty movies that are preoccupied with the aftermath of the systematic extermination of Jews during WW2 in Europe [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Olivier Assayas

 

Victor Fraga - 15-03-2017

The director of the unusual blend of horror and fashion Personal Shopper and the classic lesbian romance Clouds of Sils Maria talks to the DMovies about his latest movie, which is out this weekend. [Read More...]

‘Tis time to Camp it up – with a capital C!!!

 

Lobo Pasolini - 11-03-2017

We asked our fabulously colourful and boisterous writer Lobo Pasolini to look into the history of Camp; he scribbled a couple deliciously dirty and plush sentences for us! [Read More...]