Europe
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[Visto: 556 veces] Our pick from Austria. A quiet, disturbing horror story, this film allegory cleverly examines troubled families, questions around the binary, self-otherness, and the stages of grief, all of this, with a highly unconventional, if clever approach. Blending minimalist storytelling with complex themes at its core, the film […]
[Visto: 224 veces] Our pick from Belgium. It´s not always easy to follow the Dardennes´ vision on cinema. Their films tend to be too close to the audience, too real. Being real often demands them to take a dreary look at life, to be unapologetically harsh, even openly pitiful. All […]
[Visto: 598 veces] Our pick from Germany. There is a clear sense of proximity in Christian Petzold’ latest allegorical film, Undine. The kind of proximity only achievable by the constant use of close-up, a technique that, when used wisely, can enlighten the main characters’ expressions of nostalgia and dread. The […]