From volatile sibling relationships to House of Atreus–style depravity, traditional ideas about family were upended and replaced with a contemporary look at the complex, ever-expanding definition of the ties that[…]
Activist & Political · Festivals & Awards
Emblematic of the prevailing sober atmosphere was the festival’s Invisible Hands Tribute, a series of five films about the erosion of workers’ rights, unemployment, and collective action. * * *[…]
Cinema has a way of capturing the unease of life, those wearying sharp fragments and provocations of everyday experience that reveal a greater truth. At the 54th Thessaloniki International Film[…]
“It is within this vortex of social and political upheaval that Greek filmmakers have found some traction, creating sharp, insightful works that raise awareness while revealing unflattering truths about Greek society and the current ‘crisis.'”
“There is always some madness in love; but, there is always some reason in madness.” — Nietzsche
“What happens when the gaze is returned?”
Documentaries · Festivals & Awards · War
“Each work limns a moral dilemma that has no discernible answer.”
Activist & Political · Festivals & Awards · Reviews
These docs and features show a world of upheaval – and, occasionally, hope The films portray images and tell stories that most of us would rather not see or hear.[…]
Asian · Directors · Interviews
“I simply want to look at people as they are.”
Directors · Experimental & Underground · Festivals & Awards
Painter, photographer, sculptor, composer, musician and here, seminal experimental filmmaker
The fest’s focus on New Argentine cinema is especially timely in light of the country’s dire economic situation “This new generation [of Argentine filmmakers] has found a more authentic way[…]
Documentaries · Festivals & Awards · Reviews
Archival footage, dramatizations, and dark satire capture the dire end-of-century events in the former Yugoslavia Film after film bombards the eye with images of destruction: buildings split open, their wire[…]
A heady tour of alternative world cinema from one of Europe’s oldest festivals Repentant sinners, ideological misfits, vindictive peasant workers, obsessed lovers, and aging prostitutes are but a few of[…]
