Tag: San Sebastian International Film Festival

Victor Fraga - 30-09-2024

Victor Fraga attends one of the most exciting and prestigious film festivals in the world for the fourth consecutive year; he encountered an arena of conflicting emotions, four profound terminal disease films, Pamela Anderson, and much more [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 28-09-2024

Young Chinese woman "prohibits" her terminal cancer-ridden lover from dying, in this epic urban drama with impressive artistic values - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 28-09-2024

US-born evangelical movement threatens to destroy Brazilian democracy, in Petra Costa's new political doc - from the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 28-09-2024

Despite the gloomy cancer topic, John Crowley's new creation (featuring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh) remains a very traditional romcom - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 27-09-2024

Documentary about Charles Chaplin's alleged gypsy heritage is superficial, confusing and romanticised - from the the 72nd edition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 27-09-2024

Young man grapples with the ashes of his estranged father, in this very warm Peruvian tale of homophobia, loss and reconciliation - from the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Susanne Gottlieb - 27-09-2024

A widower returns to the seaside town where he fell in love with his wife, in Kōhei Igarashi's quiet and empathetic examination of loss - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 26-09-2024

Argentinian piece of autofiction sees former women inmates reenact their time behind bars with music, passion, colour and flair - from the the 72nd edition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 26-09-2024

A mostly lifeless Pamela Anderson stars in Gia Coppola's well-worn comment on ageism in the entertainment industry - from the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 26-09-2024

Marianne Jen-Baptiste is the bitter wife, mum and sister from hell, in Mike Leigh's stormy family drama - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 25-09-2024

Albert Serra provokes and tortures his viewers by putting them at the heart of the bullring, staring at the eyes of the agonising, dying animals - WINNER OF THE GOLDEN SHELL at the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 25-09-2024

A philosopher faced with his own mortality immerses himself into a palliative care unit in search of comfort and inspiration - Costa-Gavras's new cinematic tour-the-force is in the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 25-09-2024

Filthy old ghost haunts three women on various video devices - clever teen scream horror is a refreshing addition to the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 24-09-2024

The fascinating real-life story of Chilean feminist murderess becomes an achingly conventional and vaguely confusing Netflix drama - from the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 24-09-2024

Entertainment journalist feigning UFO landings becomes trapped in his own web of fantasy and delirium, in this harmless Argentinean comedy based on a real-life story - from the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 23-09-2024

Kiyoshi Kurosawa remakes his own child abduction and organ trafficking revenge thriller, this time on French soil... and he remains determined to tortured viewers - from the Official Competition of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 23-09-2024

Francois Ozon's tale of failed grandmotherhood moves and engages, despite a few clunky twists and turns - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 22-09-2024

The director of Cannes steps into the shoes of the "realisateur" and raises the human gaze to a previously unconceivable level - from the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 22-09-2024

Joshua Oppenheimer's first incursion into the world of fiction is a pointless and pretentious post-apocalyptical potboiler - from the Tallinn Black Nights [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 22-09-2024

Kindness and compassion prevail in Pilar Palomaro's brutally honest portrayal of terminal disease - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 21-09-2024

Turkish bride-to-be travels to Kosovo in order to meet her future husband, only to find out that she has little ownership over her body and her decisions - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 21-09-2024

The first successful prosecution of a Spanish politician for harassment becomes a poignant drama, boasting strong performances and credible developments - from the 68th BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 20-09-2024

Ralph Fiennes stars as a dignified dean charged with moderating the papal conclave from hell - in cinemas on Friday, November 29th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 20-09-2024

Ultra-processed, insipid and indigestive: the umpteenth remake of the 1974 erotic classic tastes like the cheapest fast-food meal ever - Audrey Diwan's new creation opens the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 07-09-2024

Portuguese warehouse picker in Scotland seeks to inject small doses of meaning and joy into her thankless existence - British social realist drama shows at the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 29-08-2024

Junky jockey watches his life crumble after a freak accident takes him off horse racing - wacky Argentinian comedy is in the Official Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 29-06-2024

Live from the Mediterranean Film Festival: DMovies' editor Victor Fraga interviews the Spanish director of The Rye Horn, the dark and visceral sorority tale that won the latest edition of San Sebastian [Read More...]

Victor Fragas - 28-05-2024

At the height of the The Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, a civil servant gets promoted to role that will challenge his morals, and compromise the integrity of his family - Mohammad Rasoulof's heart-stopping new drama shows at the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Joshua Polanski - 27-05-2024

Filthy genius movie from India bludgeons the beauty standards of both Bollywood and Hollywood, while refreshingly allowing women to find pleasure in sex - in cinemas on Friday, November 29th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 23-09-2023

Riz Ahmed and Jessie Buckley star in this excruciatingly painful romcom about two [Read More...]