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Aurora
This sequel to The Death of Mr. Lazarescu is a freeze-dried black comedy and neo-realistic thriller at the same time. Puiu himself plays the leading…Published on: -
The Seventh Bullet
One of the many Red Westerns directly inspired – even in the title – by the hugely popular American classic The Magnificent Seven (1960). Made…Published on: -
Rabbit Hole
A girl with binoculars, a mysterious man and a purple potion are the ingredients in this surreal, visually overawing film.Published on: -
City of Progress
This animation shows how a city grows organically from a small dot to a complicated system of lines and forms in which our desire for…Published on: -
Tre ore
Well-acted, sober fiction about absent fathers. How do you behave towards your daughter when granted three hours of leave from prison? Screened beforePublished on: -
Reign of Assassins
A return to old-style wuxia as seen revived in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Su’s ambition to create an original masterpiece is clear in the film’sPublished on: -
Un poison violent
When the young teenager Anna comes home from boarding school, she discovers that her father has left. Her mother clings onto the local priest, a…Published on: -
Threnody
An offering to influential filmmaker Stan Brakhage, made shortly before his death, which gives him a final look at earth.Published on: -
Memory (work in progress)
Is the concept of a country conceivable after genocide? Together, a filmmaker from Rwanda and a filmmaker from Finland ask a question it is impossiblePublished on: -
The Crab
His ‘crab hands’ form a welcome excuse for the blunt cynicism with which Levi keeps everyone at arm’s length. Disappointed by life, he gets on…Published on: