Film Reviews

8044 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 12/09/2025. 747 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Monte Verità by Stefan Jäger

10/08/2021

Stefan Jäger’s latest long-awaited film, shot in Ticino in 2020 with the support of the Ticino Film Commission, takes a bow on Locarno’s Piazza Grande  

Monte Verità

Monte Verità

The Sacred Spirit by Chema García Ibarra

10/08/2021

With his debut feature, Chema García Ibarra proves that he is excellent at crafting unique atmospheres, stories and sensations, taking daily life as his starting point  

Espíritu sagrado

Espíritu sagrado

A Thousand Fires by Saeed Taji Farouky

10/08/2021

Saeed Taji Farouky's documentary tells the intimate story of a Myanma family, set against the epic background of manual oil extraction  

A Thousand Fires

A Thousand Fires

Zahorí by Marí Alessandrini

10/08/2021

Marí Alessandrini’s debut feature takes us on a magical journey to the ends of the earth where the noise of the city gives way to introspection in a setting where anything still seems possible  

Zahorí

Zahorí

Our Eternal Summer by Émilie Aussel

10/08/2021

This debut feature film by young French director Émilie Aussel speaks of adolescence in all its mysterious and ambiguous beauty  

L'Été l'éternité

L'Été l'éternité

Secret Name by Aurélia Georges

09/08/2021

Presented in Locarno’s International Competition, Aurélia Georges’ third feature film is a poetic work of unsettling classicism tackling the subject of otherness  

La place d'une autre

La place d'une autre

Hinterland by Stefan Ruzowitzky

09/08/2021

Awarded an Oscar for The Counterfeiters, Austrian director Stefan Ruzowitzky presents his latest film in a world premiere on Locarno’s Piazza Grande  

Hinterland

Hinterland

Heavens Above by Srdjan Dragojevic

09/08/2021

Serbian director Srdjan Dragojević's new dark comedy, screening in competition at Locarno, is probably his best film this century  

Nebesa

Nebesa

No One's with the Calves by Sabrina Sarabi

09/08/2021

This second feature film by German-Iranian director Sabrina Sarabi explodes the romantic (and decidedly urban) myth of life in the countryside  

Niemand ist bei den Kälbern

Niemand ist bei den Kälbern

The River by Ghassan Salhab

09/08/2021

As far as “slow cinema” goes, the latest offering from Lebanon’s Ghassan Salhab just crawls along  

Al Naher

Al Naher

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