Tag: Katrin Pors
The Settlers | Review
Once Upon a Time in Chile: Haberle Crafts Colonialist Past as a Vicious Western
A quote from Sir Thomas More’s Utopia opens Felipe Gálvez’s sinister...
Interview: Mounia Akl – Costa Brava, Lebanon
Arriving at TIFF after having premiered at the Venice Film Festival, first-time Lebanese filmmaker Mounia Akl who actually penned the screenplay with Clara Roquet...
Human Factors | Review
The Discomfort of Strangers: Trocker Collapses Paranoia and Perspectives in Brooding Familial Drama
Communication, when you really think about it, is all but impossible. Words...
The Worst Person In The World | Review
Sometimes She Loved Them Too: Trier Formulates Winning Composite of Love and Self Discovery
For his fifth film, The Worst Person in the World, Norway’s...
2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Francisca Alegria’s The Cow That Sang A Song About The Future
It's been a long development process for Francisca Alegria's directorial debut. The Chilean filmmaker (Sundance has supported several over the past decade) saw her...
Wildland | Review
Wild in the Streets: Nordahl’s Debut Spins on Devotional Dysfunction
The family crest for the sinister brood at the heart of Jeanette Nordahl’s directorial debut...
Divine Love | Review
Mighty Aphrodite: Mascaro’s Second Coming Cloaked in Complex Allegory
The Immaculate Conception remains one of the notorious suspensions of disbelief in Christian folklore, and Brazilian...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #139. Kød & Blod – Jeannette Nordahl
Kød & Blod
Denmark’s Jeannette Nordahl makes her debut with crime thriller Kød & Blod (Wildland), headlined by esteemed actress Sidse Babett Knudsen (“Westworld,” The...
Interview: Carlos Reygadas – Our Time
Casting his wife, children and himself in his fifth feature film, Carlos Reygadas explores the tricky negotiations of being in an open relationship and...
Birds of Passage | Review
Wayuu of the Gun: Greed’s No Good in Guerra & Gallego’s Ganja Saga
Crime doesn’t pay, at least not for the indigenous Wayuu people in...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #46. Divine Love – Gabriel Mascaro
Divine Love
Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro’s third feature, Divine Love (previously known as Overgod) has been highly anticipated ever since his 2015 breakout Neon Bull (read...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #114. White, White Day – Hlynur Palmason
White, White Day
Iceland’s Hlynur Palmason returns with his sophomore feature White, White Day, an Icelandic-Swedish-Danish coproduction produced by Anton Mani Svansson for Join Motion...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #137. Suicide Tourist – Jonas Alexander Arnby
Suicide Tourist
Danish director Jonas Alexander Arnby assembles an impressive cast and crew for his sophomore feature Suicide Tourist. The Scandinvaian-German-French co-pro is produced by...
Video: Jaime Rosales’ Petra | 2018 Cannes Film Festival
Know for his deliberately difficult art-house films it's with this move away tragi-drama bliss where we're left scratching our head thinking why the hell...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #46. Gabriel Mascaro’s Overgod
Overgod
Brazil’s Gabriel Mascaro broke into international success with his provocative sophomore film Neon Bull (read review) in 2015, where it won a Special Jury Prize...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #36. Amat Escalante’s The Untamed
The Untamed
Director: Amat Escalante
Writer: Amat Escalante and Gibran Portela
Amat Escalante, protégé of Carlos Reygadas, snagged the Best Director award at Cannes 2013 for his unpleasant...