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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The Devils (1971) | Review

Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s...

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.

Club Kid | Review

Sex, Drugs & Unexpected Parenting: Firstman’s Debut Creates an...

Interview: Jordan Firstman – Club Kid

I first took notice of Jordan Firstman through his...