Overview of articles
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A Corner of Heaven
With elegant camera movements in apt black-and-white, cameraman/writer/director Zhang enchants the viewer: a gripping phantasmagoria of modern slavery, opium pushers and youth gangs in an…Published on: -
Yo
Yo, a strong man with a childlike spirit, lives with his mother in a chicken restaurant by a Mexican highway. He adores her, but not…Published on: -
Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes)
Internet cafés and slackers, not-so-innocent schoolgirls and amateur porn using Google Glass, Mayans and the end of the world, acid trips and guinea pigs as…Published on: -
Vanishing Point
A serious film about serious, complex issues (including a dramatic car crash), presented in a light, playful way. The film follows two very different men,…Published on: -
The Island Funeral
A couple of young people drive out of town for a long journey. It could well be a Thai Jules and Jim. On the way,…Published on: -
The Fever
Hypnotic drama about a native Amazonian whose life is disrupted when his daughter tells him she wants to study in Brasilia.Published on: -
The Day I Lost My Shadow
A young Syrian mother’s search for bottled gas ends in a panic-stricken journey. Awarded Best Debut in Venice.Published on: -
Rio Belongs to Us
After receiving a strange picture postcard, Marina knows there’s nothing else to it but to return to Rio de Janeiro, the beautiful city that here…Published on: -
Reimon
Her days consist of commuting and cleaning all over Buenos Aires. While Reimon vacuums, her wealthy clients read to each other, fascinated, from Marx’s Capital.…Published on: -
Motel Mist
Erotic fantasies can come to life in the rooms of Motel Mistress. But whether these will be pleasurable for those involved is another matter.Published on: