Sodankylä Forever: Drama of Light
Although there are hundreds if not thousands of film festivals in the world, Peter von Bagh’s documentary about the first... View Article
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The Conformist
Dominique Sanda played key roles in two of Bernardo Bertolucci's films in his 1970s peak period.
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Raptures
Jon Blåhed, who has already made a name for himself as a director depicting his native northern Sweden, takes an... View Article
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Seafarers
The seafaring story about the travails of 17-year-old Jalmar ”Jallu” Yrjänen deepens into a tragic reminder of the finite nature... View Article
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Rosso
Excepting maybe Renny Harlin and Dome Karukoski, Mika Kaurismäki is Finland’s most international film director. Even his first feature-length film... View Article
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O
First, a little note: The title of the film is not the letter O, but rather a circle. It is... View Article
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Night School of Experimental Cinema
This year, the motifs of the Night School revolve around the mundane and the horrific: cinema as food and light... View Article
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Orenda
Recently widowed mezzo-soprano Nora (Alma Pöysti) arrives on an island, eventually asking a reclusive priest (Pirkko Saisio) for a place... View Article
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Battleship Potemkin
Battleship Potemkin has equally been regarded as the mother of all propaganda films and a masterful depiction of how the... View Article
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Nobody’s Hero
Nobody’s Hero is perhaps the most anomalous entry among Alain Guiraudie’s filmography: a satirical comedy woven out of a bedchamber... View Article
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