THE WOODCUTTER STORY
Lauded as a poet and the co-screenwriter of Juho Kuosmanen’s The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki, Mikko... View Article
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THE GRUMP: IN SEARCH OF AN ESCORT
Finnish folksy comedy proved it’s might once again, when The Grump: In Search of an Escort (2022), the third adaptation... View Article
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MONICA IN THE SOUTH SEAS
After Nanook of the North (1922) had become the first documentary film to achieve wide success, Paramount gave director Robert... View Article
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MY SAILOR, MY LOVE
Retired and widowed former sea captain Howard leads a solitary life, until his daughter Grace hires a widowed housekeeper Annie... View Article
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PALIMPSEST
Hanna Västinsalo’s Palimpsest (2022) had its world premiere in the Venice Film Festival’s Biennale College Cinema programme and offers a... View Article
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KIKKA!
The singer Kirsi Sirén, better known as Kikka, lived a short life steeped in substances, and died of a heart... View Article
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LYNX MAN
The complex human-animal relationship can be depicted as a continuum of utilisation, with merciless slaughter and exploitation in one end... View Article
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HASSISEN KONE – 40 YEARS LATER / DOCUMENTARY
Documentary film by Mika Kaurismäki Hassisen Kone is a rare phenomenon in Finnish popular music. In a short space of... View Article
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HAMSTERS
Markku Pölönen’s Hamsters marks the director’s return to the novels of Veikko Huovinen, following 2004’s Koirankynnen leikkaaja (Dog Nail Clipper).... View Article
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HEARTBEAST
The ancient theme of obsessive possessiveness, sometimes even referred to as passionate love gets a 2020s update in Heartbeast. Aspiring young rapper Elina... View Article
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