Tommaso Tocci

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A freelance film critic and programmer, Tommaso Tocci is based between Paris and Rome. He covers the European festival circuit and he's a member of FIPRESCI and the International Cinephile Society. His Top 3 for 2021: After Blue (Bertrand Mandico), Titane (Julia Ducournau), What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? (Alexandre Koberidze).

Exclusive articles:

Interview: Midi Z – Nina Wu

Under the guise of a topical film detailing a #Metoo experience, Myanmar-born Taiwanese director Midi Z investigates the broader point of view of an...

Interview: Sacha Polak – Dirty God

Dutch director Sacha Polak has blossomed into a perceptively humanist filmmaker with her third feature - and first in English - Dirty God. In...

Interview: Mark Webber – The Place of No Words

Mark Webber likes to go his own way, animated by a peaceful yet intense desire to make cinema out of the emotional landscape of...

Waiting for the Barbarians | Review

Enemy at the Gate: Guerra Heads to the International Frontier with Flat Coetzee Adaptation The richness and heft of Ciro Guerra’s cinema gets lost somehow...

Beats | Review

Gravitational Arch of Men: Teenage Friendship’s Last Hurrah Found in Walsh’s Scottish Techno Crowd-pleaser Simultaneously a nostalgic throwback and a vibrant, youthful anthem of rebelliousness, Beats...

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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...

Interview: Sandra Wollner – Everytime | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

One of the discoveries of this year's Cannes Film...
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