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Review Archive
Eastern Front (Idarinne) Mostly handheld, guerrilla-style documentary takes audiences to the heart of the Ukraine War; the outcome is haunting - live from the Rebels With A Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Tentigo In this batty Sri Lankan film, a family have to deal with daddy's dead body and... ermmm... his throbbing boner - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
The Quiet Maid (Calladita) Playfully quiet critique of class and prejudicial power dynamics becomes an interpersonal war story, in this entertaining film from Spain - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]
Cat Call (Cicaverzum) Fáni has never been lucky in love, but she's finally found a doting (and meowing) partner who she can introduce to her mother - from the 32nd edition of Raindance [Read More...]
Winter Howl (Aullido De Invierno) Pinochet's German "school" from hell (where children were routinely tortured and murdered) makes for a disturbing and fascinating watch - from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Ben-Joe A bulimic university student gets admitted to a creepy dietary institution, where her life descends into unfathomable horror - completely bonkers Japanese film is in the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festivalwacky [Read More...]
Endless Summer Syndrome (Le Syndrome de l’Eté Sans Fin) A young lawyer living the perfect life receives a phone call that throws her existence into disarray - accomplished, taboo-busting French drama shows at Raindance [Read More...]
Supermarket Experimental Montenegrin comedy about man living in supermarket is packed with offbeat and absurdist tone - live from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Life and Death of a Christmas Tree Jack-of-all-trades documentary investigates the strange life cycle of the gigantic fir trees of Georgia - from the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
The Fisherman’s Daughter (La Estrategia del Mero) A trans woman returns to the Caribbean island from which she escaped, in a compassionate movie about acceptance - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Once Again (For The Very First Time) Masterful hip-hop fantasy meditates on love through enchanting dance moves and fiery slam poetry - live from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]
Your Mother’s Son (Anak Ka Ng Ina Mo) An intense cocktail of polyamorous and incestuous relationships erupts into jealousy, betrayal and violence, in this sexually explicit allegory of nepotism in Filipino politics - from the Critics' Picks Section of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Body Odyssey Bodybuilder Mona takes extreme measures In order to become Miss Universe, egged on by her manager as well as her sexual fantasies about a handsome teen - from the 32nd edition of Raindance [Read More...]
King Khat An Israeli entrepeurneur stumbles onto something big when he creates a product that's almost as colourful as the film it's in - from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Light Falls A Greek island, a lesbian couple from LA, migrant Albanian workers, a racist cop, and an abandoned brutalist hotel... just what could possibly go wrong??? Live from the Critics' Picks Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Slow (Tu Man Nieko Neprimeni) Dirty gem from Lithuania reveals that asexuality does not preclude tenderness and intimacy - in cinemas on Friday, May 24th [Read More...]
The Magnet Man (De Magneet Man) Belgian fantasy drama about a literal magnetic man is doused in charm and nostalgia, while also paying an ode to the wacky performance acts of yore - from the Official Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
The Ice that Still Supports Us Experimental, philosophical and ironic documentary from Estonia takes viewers on a chaotic journey along an elusive ice road - from the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
The Peasants In this impressive and colourful adaptation of a Nobel Prize winning book, a Polish woman must face the consequences of her decisions - from Tiff Romania/also on VoD [Read More...]
I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me (No Voy a Pedirle a Nadia que me Crea) Dark and stylised Spanish-Mexican thriller about a young man captured by the mafia paints Barcelona as a city you never saw before - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Nobody Leaves Alive (Ninguém Sai Vivo Daqui) A woman's hold on reality begins to disintegrate after she is is incarcerated in Brazil’s notorious Colonia psychiatric hospital because she is pregnant outside of marriage - live from the Critics' Picks Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
THE END (Artificial Fragments of Humankind) This series of fragmented stories that resembles an indecipherable dream logic, risks abandoning experimentation for indulgence - live from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Dilli Dark A black man from a former British colony experiences prejudice in a film that tips its hat at Indian mythology - from the the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Consent (Consentement) Extraordinary French drama based on a real-life story questions the limits of consent, freedom of expression and transgression without lapsing into sexphobic cliches - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
The Milky Way (Halav) A cash-strapped mother gets a job in a factory breast-pumping human milk for rich clients - from the Critics' Picks Section of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania (Penkios su Puse Meilės Istorijos, Nutikusios Viename Vilniaus Bute Five sad, tragic and humorous stories take place inside the vibrating walls and falling plaster of an AirbnB flat (with a Shakesperean twist) - from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Inpaintings A precocious Turkish woman gets a new lease of life when she's asked to restore an old painting - live from First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Natasha’s Dance (De Dans van Natasja) Two misfits (a Dutch man and a Russian woman) embark on a journey of self-discovery, in this quirky art film about complicity and friendship - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Bad Actor (Un Actor Malo) A handsome, prosperous actor has to answer for his inappropriate actions in this strong but uneven drama - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Pelikan Blue Three friends wanting to travel from Communist Hungary to the West stumble onto a lucrative scam of forging rail tickets - innovative animation doc premiered in the Critics’ Picks Competition at the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
The Writer (Kirjanik) Former lovers reunite in an engaging, conversational film set inside an apartment, which deftly blends cinema and theatre devices - queer drama from Lithuania shows at Tiff Romania [Read More...]
Familiar Obstinate Romanian filmmaker wishes to make a movie about his ethnically German parents, jeopardising his most precious relationships - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Mr and Mrs Stodola The real-life story of a Czech couple that went on a shocking, unrepentant killing spree becomes a tight and tense thriller - live at the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Her Body (Její Telo) Olympic diving champion Andrea Absolonová, forced by injury to abandon that career, reinvents herself as a porn actress - on VoD on June 24th [Read More...]
Forever Hold Your Peace (Živi i Zdravi) Marriage from hell takes place in Montenegro as bride suddenly confesses that she wishes to [Read More...]
Everything, Everywhere A woman meets, loses then searches for a film director who makes movies by constantly travelling, finding new places and meeting new people - live from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
October Metafiction (Haneulyeondal Seumunal) Warm and tender South Korean movie sets out to challenge the norms of conventional storytelling - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
The Brazen (Bezkaunīgie) Aik Karapetian’s latest psychodrama lets a family role-play their problems in an insect-infested old house in the woods, in a movie with flavours of Lars von Trier - from the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Mars Express In the 23rd Century, a private investigator and her resurrected robot assistant go to Mars in order to investigate the murder of a cybernetics student – accomplished sci-fi animation is available for streaming with MyFrenchFilmFestival for a month from January 17th [Read More...]
Lessons of Tolerance (Uroky Tolerantnosti) LGBT+ awareness training course gives homophobia its comeuppance in this filthy genius comedy from Ukraine - live from the Critics' Picks Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Kalman’s Day (Kálmán-nap) In Kálmán and his wife’s house, another couple gather to celebrate his birthday in what turns out to be a devastating drama about relationships falling apart and coming to an end - from the 23rd edition of Tiff Romania. [Read More...]
The G Rugged granny gets kidnapped and tortured by sadistic pension fraudsters, in this all-American, Coen-ish revenge thriller - on VoD on August 19th [Read More...]
The Moon is Upside Down New Zealand indie tries to unite the despair of three very different women into in one compelling and tidy story, but does not reach its full potential - live at the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
The Waves, The Sand, and Two Lovers in the Middle Of… Two Korean girls spend their night on the beach, in this non-narrative, meditative and inquisitive experimentation with cinematic minimalism - from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
The Book of Solutions (Le Livre des Solutions) This greasy movie about a director whose life is a mess marks Michel Gondry's expressive and quirky return to feature filmmaking - from REC, Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]
Misericordia Italian prostitutes raise a mentally handicapped man as if he was their baby, in this raw and tender tale of motherly affection in the most unlikely of places - Best Picture Award winner at the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Falling Into Place German lady and Scottish gentleman live out their memories on the streets of London, in this filthy genius production from Germany - in cinemas on Friday, June 6th [Read More...]
Spit in my Face (Sülita Mulle Näkku) A real-life Statler and Waldorf siphoned through tea, vodka, smoking and rye bread charm and horrify viewers in equal measures - filthy documentary premieres in the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Life’s a Bitch (Chiennes de Ville) Absurd Belgian comedy builds its own mini universe full of twisted charm, reminding viewers that life’s a bitch (whether you’re walking on two legs or four) - from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]