Tag: Christoph Friedel

Pepe | Review

Cocaine Hippo: de Los Santos Arias Explores an Assassination To say Pepe, the second narrative feature from Dominican director Nelson Carlos de Los Santos Arias,...

Transamazonia | 2024 Locarno Film Festival Review

Smite Material: Marais Unearths Jungle Cliches It’s been over a decade since South African director Pia Marais’ last feature, and she’s spent six years working...

From Hilde, With Love | 2024 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Germany, Pale Mother: Dresen Locates the Good Germans of WWII It comes as no surprise an old-fashioned director such Andreas Dresen is adept at making...

A Piece of Sky (Drii Winter) | 2022 Berlin International Film Festival Review

Poor Cow: Koch Devises Solemn Melodrama of a Tortured Romance Delivering a steady handed narrative as full of sincerity as it is austerity, Swiss director...

The Moneychanger | 2019 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Money Ain’t for Nothin’: Veiroj Turns to Political Period Caper A common saying in Montevideo, Uruguay, meant to succinctly condense the city’s appeal and cement...

High Life | Review

An Outpost of Progress: Denis Gets Daring with Esoteric Sci-Fi Of Claire Denis’ impressive English language debut High Life, perhaps a famous line from Alien...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #1. Claire Denis’ High Life

High Life French auteur Claire Denis has become one of the most prolific and revered international auteurs over the past thirty years, beginning with her...

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Hot Milk | Review

The Eternal Daughter: Lenkiewicz Ladles the Milk of Sorrows Screenwriter...

Interview: Ariane Labed – September Says

A pivotal figure in the Greek Weird Wave, Ariane...

Interview: Jessica Palud – Being Maria

In 2018, political journalist and writer Vanessa Schneider released...