Never Alone
Klaus Härö’s latest film could be described as Finland’s Schindler’s List. The subject of this historically plausible-looking period film is... View Article
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Dreams (Sex Love)
Winner of the main prize at the Berlin Film Festival, Dreams tells the story of 17-year-old Johanne, who comes to... View Article
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Coming Up Roses
The Rex has seen decidedly better days. But so has all of Wales – make that: Great Britain.
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Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
Singer and lyricist of the band The Pogues, Shane MacGowan (1957-2023), Irish national hero and patron saint of drunkards, is remembered for his public self-destructiveness, jagged teeth, ragged but charismatic habitus, massive, troll-like ears, and incoherent, slurred speech, which from time to time might have benefitted from subtitles for comprehension.
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D is for Distance
Fifteen filmless years have passed since Content (if we ignore Petit's minute contribution to the omnibus The Film That Buys the Cinema, 2014).
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Dead End Drive-In
Genre genius Brian Trenchard-Smith's Dead End Drive-In is rooted in an unexpected bit of realism: that by the 1980s, many drive-ins had to be used for purposes other than screening movies during the day, as the core business had long stopped paying the bills.
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An Urban Allegory
A child sees Paris through a kaleidoscope of his own making; he looks at the city differently from his busy... View Article
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Calamari Union
Roughly fifteen Franks and one Pekka (Markku Toikka) want to escape their back-breaking living conditions in the working-class neighbourhood of Kallio and based on their parents' stories decide to head towards the fabled district of Eira.
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