Tag: Cinema of Greece
Arcadia | 2024 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
None of Us Strangers: Zois Probes Unrest of Our Shadows
“It is a defect of God’s humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to...
The Summer With Carmen | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review
The Write Stuff: Life Becomes Art in Mavroeidis Sun Dappled Debut
Hindsight is 20/20, especially when it comes to using romantic liaisons as creative fodder...
Animal | 2023 Locarno Film Festival Review
Boogie Nights: Exarchou Doses Summertime Sadness in Achy Melodrama
For anyone who’s ever wondered what life might be like for employees at any tourist trap...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #82. Sofia Exarchou’s Animal
Animal
She saw her feature debut Park break out at major A fests such as TIFF, San Sebastián and Rotterdam, Sofia Exarchou would get a...
Interview: Yorgos Gousis – Magnetic Fields
In anticipation of the upcoming 95th Academy Awards, I chatted with Yorgos Gousis, whose debut film Magnetic Fields is Greece’s official submission in consideration...
Times Squared: Focus Features Have Penthouse View of Vasilis Katsoupis’ “Inside”
A title that we thought might break into Cannes or Venice will probably instead be considered for the upcoming Sundance or Berlinale line-ups as...
Monday [Video Review]
Wish It Were Sunday: Papadimitropoulos Peddles Bad Romance in Ex-Pat Whirligig
Toxic relationships and fair-weather romances are abundantly attenuated in the cinematic realm, the various...
Apples | 2020 Venice Film Festival Review
Blight of My Life: Nikou Finds Meaning Through Its Absence in Exceptional Debut
Somewhere along the way, the Greek Weird Wave has seemingly evolved from...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #121. Selene 66 Questions – Jacqueline Lentzou
Selene 66 Questions
Greece’s celebrated short filmmaker Jacqueline Lentzou will be on hand with her feature debut Selene 66 Questions in 2020 (check out the...
Pity | Review
Help Me, I’m Poor: Makridis Adds a Footnote to the Greek Cinema
Look no further than Babis Makridis’ sophomore feature, the bluntly named Pity, for...
