Young Mr. Lincoln
One of Ford’s main works, the brilliantly framed Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), centers on an 1837 trial, where young Lincoln... View Article
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Viva Varda!
We are used to seeing Agnès Varda in front of the camera, as she unforgettably appeared in numerous of her... View Article
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The Worthless
The Worthless breathed new life into Finnish cinema, broke the mould and shattered perceptions that had become ossified into realism.... View Article
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Two Wars
Jan Ijäs’ Two Wars is a documentary essay film in two parts. The first concerns a prisoner-of-war camp in Monte... View Article
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The Tale of Tales / Cancelled
Yuri Norstein’s animation exudes a concentrated feeling, progressing in gentle bursts of images and flashes of a time that may... View Article
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The Pupils
The Pupils, which earned writer-director Alice Rohrwacher and producer Alfonso Cuarón an Oscar nomination, is a Christmas movie classic-to-be sure... View Article
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The Owners
A Kazakh cult film? Absolutely. Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s third feature film The Owners is a wild tragicomedy in which “Aki Kaurismäki... View Article
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The Missile
The Missile, a carnivalisation of 1980s Finland that equates violation of the national border with invasion of privacy, begins when... View Article
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The Mercenary Soldier
Beginning with a sequence that challenges even the unforgettable opening of Touch of Evil (1958), Anssi Mänttäri’s The Mercenary Soldier... View Article
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The Northern Star
Saara Cantell’s new documentary The Northern Star dives into the twists and turns of acting legend Anneli Sauli’s (1932-2022) unbelievable... View Article
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