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Director Petra Volpe and Actress Leonie Benesch on Maintaining Tension in Their Night Nurse Drama ‘Late Shift’Director Petra Volpe and Actress Leonie Benesch on Maintaining Tension in Their Night Nurse Drama ‘Late Shift’

Director Petra Volpe and Actress Leonie Benesch on Maintaining Tension in Their Night Nurse Drama ‘Late Shift’

Petra Volpe’s third feature film Late Shift – after The Divine Order and Dreamland – covers a crisis. There is… Read More

March 6, 2025
‘What Does That Nature Say to You’ Review: Hong Sang-soo’s Latest Remains Disarmingly Observational Yet a Touch Out of Focus [B] – Berlinale‘What Does That Nature Say to You’ Review: Hong Sang-soo’s Latest Remains Disarmingly Observational Yet a Touch Out of Focus [B] – Berlinale

‘What Does That Nature Say to You’ Review: Hong Sang-soo’s Latest Remains Disarmingly Observational Yet a Touch Out of Focus [B] – Berlinale

South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo is losing his sight as he ages into an old man. For many directors, this… Read More

February 21, 2025
‘Blue Moon’ Review: Ethan Hawke and Andrew Scott Sizzle in Richard Linklater’s Tragicomic Valentine to Love and Broadway [A-] – Berlinale‘Blue Moon’ Review: Ethan Hawke and Andrew Scott Sizzle in Richard Linklater’s Tragicomic Valentine to Love and Broadway [A-] – Berlinale

‘Blue Moon’ Review: Ethan Hawke and Andrew Scott Sizzle in Richard Linklater’s Tragicomic Valentine to Love and Broadway [A-] – Berlinale

On a cold, rainy November night in 1943, a disheveled man with a long overcoat and a bottle of booze… Read More

February 20, 2025
‘The Wise Guy’ Review: VHS Flourishes and Idolisation of 20th Century Gangster Films Elevate Generic Coming-of-Age Story | Belfast Film Festival‘The Wise Guy’ Review: VHS Flourishes and Idolisation of 20th Century Gangster Films Elevate Generic Coming-of-Age Story | Belfast Film Festival

‘The Wise Guy’ Review: VHS Flourishes and Idolisation of 20th Century Gangster Films Elevate Generic Coming-of-Age Story | Belfast Film Festival

As we get further and further away from the technology of the past, filmmakers who interacted with it in their… Read More

November 11, 2024
Interview: Asif Kapadia Breaks Down His Genre-Bending Venice Entry ‘2073,’ AI, and Why He Cast Samantha MortonInterview: Asif Kapadia Breaks Down His Genre-Bending Venice Entry ‘2073,’ AI, and Why He Cast Samantha Morton

Interview: Asif Kapadia Breaks Down His Genre-Bending Venice Entry ‘2073,’ AI, and Why He Cast Samantha Morton

British director Asif Kapadia has a penchant for the tragedy; his works include a triple threat of documentaries on icons… Read More

September 6, 2024
‘September 5’ Review: Tim Fehlbaum’s Take on the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre Fails in its Presentation of Palestinian People | Venice‘September 5’ Review: Tim Fehlbaum’s Take on the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre Fails in its Presentation of Palestinian People | Venice

‘September 5’ Review: Tim Fehlbaum’s Take on the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre Fails in its Presentation of Palestinian People | Venice

In 1972, Munich hosted the Summer Olympic Games. At the time, Germany was separated into two factions; East Germany, under… Read More

August 29, 2024
Interview: ‘Sing Sing’ Director Greg Kwedar Talks About the Power of Colman Domingo and Protecting His Formerly Incarcerated CastInterview: ‘Sing Sing’ Director Greg Kwedar Talks About the Power of Colman Domingo and Protecting His Formerly Incarcerated Cast

Interview: ‘Sing Sing’ Director Greg Kwedar Talks About the Power of Colman Domingo and Protecting His Formerly Incarcerated Cast

There are not many films this year that have been as critically acclaimed as the Greg Kwedar-directed Sing Sing. The… Read More

August 20, 2024
‘Black Dog’ Review: Poetic Rehabilitation Drama Has Compassion For Man and Man’s Best Friend  Led By an Extraordinary Eddie Peng‘Black Dog’ Review: Poetic Rehabilitation Drama Has Compassion For Man and Man’s Best Friend  Led By an Extraordinary Eddie Peng

‘Black Dog’ Review: Poetic Rehabilitation Drama Has Compassion For Man and Man’s Best Friend  Led By an Extraordinary Eddie Peng

Major controversies surrounded the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games while they occurred, but it was only after they came to a… Read More

August 16, 2024
‘Duchess’ Review: Neil Marshall’s Charmless Guy Ritchie Rip-Off is a Female Empowerment Forgery‘Duchess’ Review: Neil Marshall’s Charmless Guy Ritchie Rip-Off is a Female Empowerment Forgery

‘Duchess’ Review: Neil Marshall’s Charmless Guy Ritchie Rip-Off is a Female Empowerment Forgery

In 1998, Guy Ritchie erupted onto the British cinema scene with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The gangster movie,… Read More

August 5, 2024