Tag: 2021 Locarno Film Festival

Petite Solange | Review

Bonjour Tristesse: Ropert Explores Rude Awakenings in Tender Coming-of-Age Portrait “What am I doing in this world?” wrote Paul Verlaine in his classic poem “The...

After Blue (Dirty Paradise) | Review

Taste of a Toxic Paradise: Mandico Casts a Dark Spell with Broody Sci-Fi Through a variety of short films, music videos (including several for M83),...

Medea | 2021 Locarno Film Festival Review

Who Could Kill a Child?: Zeldovich Explores a Fearful Symmetry in Modernized Tragedy Russian director Alexander Zeldovich’s filmography is something of a curiosity unto itself,...

She Will | 2021 Locarno Film Festival Review

She Wants Revenge: Colbert Commingles Traumas for a Witchy Saga Director Charlotte Colbert delivers a moody character portrait mired in the mysteriousness of folk horror...

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Young Mothers (Jeunes mères) | Review

Bonjour Tristesse: The Dardenne Bros. Explore Teenage Pregnancy In their...

Homegrown | Review

Been Caught Stealing: Premo Watches the Pendulum Swing Right Utilizing...

Interview: Ava DuVernay

It wasn’t meant to actively promote anything, but I...