Tag: Mike Downey

Girls on Wire | 2025 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Mad Bills to Pay: Qu Stages Miserabilist Soap Opera If Girls on Wire settles on anything clear to say it’s quite simply that crime doesn’t...

Green Border | Review

The Good Pole: Holland’s Humanitarian Drama a Steady Drizzle of Misery Porn The difference between an exploitation vs. a social issue film can sometimes be...

When The Light Breaks | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review

Grieving Rights: Runarsson Explores Interrupted Mourning For his fourth narrative feature, Iceland’s Rúnar Rúnarsson returns to themes of emotional disruption with When the Light Breaks....

Servants | Review

A Separate Peace: Ostrochovský Crafts a Church Noir for Sophomore Feature For his sophomore narrative feature, Slovak director Ivan Ostrochovský recuperates a uniquely chilling scenario...

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Sister Midnight | Review

Crazy On You: Kandhari’s Strange Fantasy of Madness It’s been...

The Damned | Review

The Damned Do Cry: Minervini Details a Doomed Mission For...

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After premiering The Nothing Factory in the Directors' Fortnight...

Caught by the Tides | Review

The Tide is High: Zhangke Splices Thwarted Romance Across...