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2295 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 11/07/2025.

Frantz: Turmoil and turbulence in the looking glass

Frantz: Turmoil and turbulence in the looking glass

VENICE 2016: François Ozon has made a masterfully sublime and accomplished film with a finely honed screenplay, featuring remarkable performances from Paula Beer and Pierre Niney  

02/09/2016 | Venice 2016 | Competition

The Blind Christ, or a collage of stories about religion

The Blind Christ, or a collage of stories about religion

VENICE 2016: Christopher Murray’s film, a Chilean-French co-production, centres around the need to have faith… in yourself  

02/09/2016 | Venice 2016 | Competition

Wim Wenders, Peter Handke and The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez

Wim Wenders, Peter Handke and The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez

VENICE 2016: The drama shot by the German director in 3D is based on a play by the Austrian writer, in the first version in French written for Sophie Semin  

02/09/2016 | Venice 2016 | Competition

The Black Pin: A well-crafted movie from a little-known film industry

The Black Pin: A well-crafted movie from a little-known film industry

Montenegrin director Ivan Marinović's first film world-premiered in Sarajevo's competition  

23/08/2016 | Sarajevo 2016 | Competition

A Decent Woman: The end of the oasis

A Decent Woman: The end of the oasis

Austrian director Lukas Valenta Rinner returns to Argentina for this sharp and startling satire that toys with the standards (and absurdities) of bourgeois society  

15/08/2016 | Sarajevo 2016 | Competition

Godless: Is redemption possible?

Godless: Is redemption possible?

LOCARNO 2016: Bulgarian filmmaker Ralitza Petrova delves into the world of the less fortunate in her impressive first feature  

12/08/2016 | Locarno 2016 | Competition

The Young One, a glorious and epic tale about an ordinary man

The Young One, a glorious and epic tale about an ordinary man

LOCARNO 2016: The debut fictional feature by Julien Samani casts us out to sea, on board a huge imaginary boat where the very concept of humanity is put to the test  

11/08/2016 | Locarno 2016 | Competition

Marija: The immigration experience as seen through the blue eyes of a modern-day Valkyrie

Marija: The immigration experience as seen through the blue eyes of a modern-day Valkyrie

LOCARNO 2016: The debut film from Swiss director Michael Koch is an uncompromising portrait of a woman prepared to go to any lengths to win her longed-for independence  

10/08/2016 | Locarno 2016 | Competition

The Idea of a Lake: The pain of loss

The Idea of a Lake: The pain of loss

LOCARNO 2016: Five years after Back to Stay, Milagros Mumenthaler, winner of the Golden Leopard, returns to Locarno with this dreamlike family drama  

10/08/2016 | Locarno 2016 | Competition

The Ornithologist, a surreal reflection on spirituality

The Ornithologist, a surreal reflection on spirituality

LOCARNO 2016: The latest endeavour by Portuguese director João Pedro Rodrigues is a boundless journey into the mind of an ornithologist in search of spirituality, mysticism and eroticism  

09/08/2016 | Locarno 2016 | Competition

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