Tag: 2018 Warsaw International Film Festival

Diamantino | Review

Politicizing Camp: Abrantes & Schmidt Post a Win with Imaginative Soccer Satire After a decade decade working in the short experimental form, festival faves Gabriel Abrantes...

Rafiki | Review

Let’s Be Friends: Kahiu Dares to Question Kenyan Conservatism Social conventions always require such power and resistance that brave individuals must engage in a continuous...

Mapplethorpe | Review

NY & Leather pants – Timoner Delivers by-the-numbers Biopic of Iconoclastic With her seventh feature film, Ondi Timoner offers an effervescent biopic of iconic queer photographer. From the...

Video Interview: Agustina Macri – Soledad | 2018 Warsaw International Film Festival

Based on a true story, Soledad is a well-observed, passionate feature debut from Agustina Macri (who is incidentally the oldest daughter of Mauricio, the...

The Third Wife | 2018 Warsaw International Film Festival Review

Raise the Red Lanterns: Mayfair Falls Short on Accessing Modernity in Ancient Times A new voice in Vietnamese cinema, Ash Mayfair's female-centric coming-of-age feature debut The...

Putting Lipstick on a Pig | 2018 Warsaw International Film Festival Review

Show Me The Money: Karrento Investigates the Hidden Side of Online Gambling While the Nordic way of life is famous and possibly admired worldwide, some...

Nancy | 2018 Warsaw International Film Festival Review

Out of the Void: Chloe Embarks on Nuanced, Complex Search for Human Warmth In Christina Choe’s first feature, Andrea Riseborough gives a subtle performance as...

Her Job | 2018 Warsaw International Film Festival Review

Scrubbing up: Labôt Debuts with Nuanced, Powerful Greek Drama of a Woman at Work Her Job, Greek director Nikos Labôt's first feature roots its setting...

Mihkel | 2018 Warsaw International Film Festival Review

Of Children and Criminals: Magnússon Blends Family & Estonian History into Nordic Crime Drama An artist and documentary filmmaker for more than two decades, Ari...

Alone at My Wedding | 2018 Warsaw International Film Festival Review

A Lonely Flower Dress: Bergman Delivers Raw, Touching Romani Emancipation Drama Marta Bergman’s feature debut depicts the struggle of Pamela (Alina Șerban), a young Romani...

Thou Shalt Not Kill | 2018 Warsaw International Film Festival Review

Biblical Activism: Romanian Directors on a Crusade Against Corruption Gabi Virginia Șarga and Cătălin Rotaru's debut feature can be easily seen as part of the...

The Cacophony of Donbas | 2018 Warsaw International Film Festival Review

Dissected Symphony: Minaev Deconstructs Soviet Propaganda with a dose of Humanism Finding the one and the only cause of a big historical event, especially when...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

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.