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Review Archive
Who if Not Us? Intimate, non-narrative documentary explores the subculture life of the SHUM Rave DJs and artists, in Eastern Ukraine - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino [Read More...]
Maoussi Charlotte Schiøler’s debut lightly explores shared immigrant identity in Paris through the structure of a romcom - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino [Read More...]
Light as Feathers Bolstered by Eryk Walny's magnetic performance, this rape drama has travelled well in the years following the #MeToo allegations - watch it for free in December only with ArteKino [Read More...]
Have You Seen This Woman? (Da li Ste Videli Ovu Zenu?) This surreal dramedy from Serbia and Croatia takes us on a dizzying ride through the various guises of a disappeared woman - watch it for free in December only with ArteKino [Read More...]
Fréwaka Atmospheric Irish-language folk horror exposes the terrifying side of Catholic religion, in a movie with shades of The Wicker Man - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino [Read More...]
Cidade Rabat Helena recalibrates after the loss of a parent, in this hard-hitting character study a 40-year-old single mother from Portugal - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino [Read More...]
Arthur & Diana A family unit travels in a shared vehicle, thus acquiring a deeper understanding of each other as well as of the European continent - watch it for free in December only with ArteKino [Read More...]
The Night She Moves (Yo La Busco) Music, romance, and secret confessions are all on the menu in Sara Gutiérrez Galve’s alluring story of a dark night of the soul - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino [Read More...]
Notes on a Summer (Notas sobre un Verano) A young woman finds herself caught between a sensible future and a passionate reunion, in Diego Llorente’s elegant story of the heart - stream it for free this December only with ArteKino [Read More...]
Off the Beaten Track (Longe da Estrada) A legendary artist’s life is seen through the eyes of his friends and critics, in a gorgeously made drama based on true events - watch it for free in December only with ArteKino [Read More...]
White Agbada American woman of Nigerian heritage refuses a return to her ancestral land because of a torrid sex affair - from the Woodstock Film Festival 2025 [Read More...]
Wake Up Dead Man: a Knives Out Mystery Josh O'Connor and an incoherent Daniel Craig lead the charge in this protracted, underwhelming detective comedy - in cinemas on Wednesday, November 26th [Read More...]
Holy Destructors (Biodestruktoriai) Exquisite Baltic doc reveals the "unique and unrepeatable" beauty of microorganisms, with a very poetic sensibility - from the Doc@PÖFF Baltic Competition at the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Wheelie A party-loving young man suffers an accident that leads to the world seeing him differently, and him facing up to adulthood - from the Just Film section of the 29th edition of the PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Sisa Filipino women resist American occupation and genocide, in Jun Robles Lana's riff on female power and colonisation - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Renovation (Renovacija) Gabrielė Urbonaitė’s latest film is an aching and poetic detour into the bewilderment of turning 30, desire, and other sentiments - from the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
A Safe Place (Un loc sigur) Romanian woman reveals her soul through quiet observation, in this challenging yet extremely rewarding film - filthy genius drama is in the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
BIX Almost Nirvana Lithuanian filmmaker showcases a songwriter and his band at their most human and creative, In this clear and cohesive documentary - from the Doc@PÖFF Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Borderline (Siena) An ornithologist is forced into the world of crime, in Lithuania's weird and porous border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad - from the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Lady Mockumentary pokes fun at British privilege when a lonely aristocrat hosts a talent show at her mansion, and grabs her moment in the spotlight - in the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival/ REC Tarragona [Read More...]
Dump of Untitled Pieces (Isimsiz Eserler Mezarliği) Quirky photographer of hands blows up a storm - black-and-white gem from Turkey is in the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
A Summer Tale (Cuento de Verano) An irredeemable man fights to save his own skin in this terrifically dark tale of spectacular failure - from the Critics' Picks section of the 29th edition of the PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
The Moon is a Father of Mine (Mtvare Mamaa Chemi) Ex-prisoner seeks to reconnect with a son who doesn't remember him - poetic drama from Georgia is in the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
The Baronesses (Les Baronnes) Mokhtaria Badaoui and Nabil Ben Yadir’s Brussels-set meta-theatrical tragicomedy has four Muslim grandmothers restaging Shakespeare - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival/ REC Tarragona [Read More...]
Nino in Paradise A young man parties and stumbles through Paris, in this startling portrayal of modern-day life in Europe – from the Critics' Picks section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Sunday Ninth (Zondag de Negenste) Real life and fiction are interwoven in this heartfelt story about two estranged brothers reconnecting at old age - in the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
My First Love (Min Første Kjaerlighet) Young disabled woman "seizes the day", in this well-intentioned but preachy Norwegian film - from the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Flesh, Blood, Even a Heart Woman in her 30s struggles with physical image, health and love, in this Latvian film drawing parallels the collapse of the body and of the country - from the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Becoming Teen swimmer finds peculiar way of getting a hormonal boost and fulfilling her career ambitions, in this slow and patient coming-of-age tale from Kazakhstan - from the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
The Frog and the Water (Der Frosch und das Wasser) German man with Down syndrome bonds with Japanese gangster, in this intriguing tale of fraternity - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Blindsight (Piatră Foarfecă Hârti) Romanian o(d)dyssey offers a nostalgic family portrait and a kaleidoscope of distorted memories, in a movie that will have you wanting to watch it again - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
The Muralist Lonely, balloon-bearing artist seeks to inject colour into his life by painting a large mural, in this poetic Mongolian drama - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Red Code Blue (Tumšzilais Evaņģēlijs) Latvian thriller points to heavenly justice, as a guilt-ridden police officer fails to deliver its earthly version - from the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
New Money (Uus Raha) Estonians wake up filthy rich and imbecilically squander their fortune, in a comedy featuring some of country's finest actors - from the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Easy Girl Woman and her nymphomaniac childhood friend reconnect and journey into the past, unearthing some very dirty secrets - German gem is in the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Backstage Madness (Shermendelik Karnavaly) Black comedy about the pains of film writing pulls together genre tropes in order to create the perfectly silly movie - from the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Oh, What Happy Days! Family secrets spill across a virtual call, in this striking and groundbreaking Iranian film [Read More...]
No Comment (Ingen Kommentar) Spin doctor rescues scandal-hit prime-minister from impeding doom, in this silly and loud comedy from Norway - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
China Sea A former kickboxer’s biggest battle is with himself, in this bold and emotional drama from Lithuania - from the Critics' Picks section of the 29th edition of the PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Mira Supported by the forest ghost of her loving father, Moroccan girl fights for the protection of birds and immigrants - subversive children's movie is in the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
MieMie ~She Can See~ Katsutoshi Furuya’s weightless multi-genre mash-up makes a spirit war and a monster movie of a young modern romance - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Fränk First loves go unrequited and impossible, in this utterly vile "coming-of-age" tale from Estonia - in the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Turn Up the Sun Improvised feature from Britain starring James McAvoy sees different artists coming together in a manor house haunted by a tragic history - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
This Is Not Happening (To Się Nie Dzieje) Claustrophobic thriller about a father trying to save his son shreds its audiences nerves with unrelenting suspense - from the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Lo-Fi Experimental feature debut shows an apartment echoing with memories, and its occupant caught in lovesickness and loneliness - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
The Silent Virgin (La virgen silenciosa) Politics and sexuality clash in a compelling Mexican drama that feels ripped from the headlines - from the Critics' Picks section of the 29th edition of the PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Hunger Strike Breakfast (Badautojų Namelis) Media workers go on a awkwardly uncomfortable hunger strike after the Soviet Union attacks a newly independent Lithuania - from the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Duality (Doganeh) One car ride could change the fate of three people... or not! Visually dazzling drama from Iran is in the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
That Burning House Real life experience informs this hard-hitting story of systemic damage in a Taiwanese children’s home – from the Critics’ Picks section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Veins (Nervures) Mad doctor toys with the pains of vulnerable villagers, in this very finely-crafted and surprising body horror from Canada - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]