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Fairytale (Skazka)

Alexander Sokurov
2022

Redmond Bacon - 06-08-2022

Dictators collide in this legendary Russian director's late period animation, equal parts beguiling and compelling — live from Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Babysitter

Sonia Chokri
2022

Redmond Bacon - 21-06-2022

This Quebecois tale of toxic masculinity feels as unwanted as the acts it tries to make fun of — live from Transylvania International Film Festival. [Read More...]

Beautiful Beings

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
2021

Redmond Bacon - 20-06-2022

This moody, sensitive portrayal of Icelandic youth in the 90s is a difficult yet tender portrait of teen vulnerability — live from TIFF Romania [Read More...]

The Execution (Kazn)

Lado Kvatania
2021

Redmond Bacon - 20-06-2022

An unpredictable and dark serial killer drama, this Russian film plunges us straight into the Soviet heart of darkness — live from TIFF. [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 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...]

Peter von Kant

François Ozon
2022

Redmond Bacon - 10-02-2022

Francois Ozon's male version of The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant never justifies its own existence, either as a remake or as a portrait of Rainer Werner Fassbinder himself - on all major VoD platforms on Monday, February 6th [Read More...]

Pecking Order

Slavko Martinov
2017

Jeremy Clarke - 26-09-2017

Who’s got the Eggs Factor? Chicken breeders compete both for best bird in show and to run the local bird club in this eggstraordinary New Zealand documentary – in cinemas [Read More...]