The Dead Don’t Hurt
Viggo Mortensen’s tender and offbeat drama, The Dead Don’t Hurt, is led by a magnetic Vicky Krieps and cultivates something beautiful amongst the arid plains and rocky outcroppings of the old west.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Jun 29, 2024 | Festivals, Karlovy Vary 2024 |
Viggo Mortensen’s tender and offbeat drama, The Dead Don’t Hurt, is led by a magnetic Vicky Krieps and cultivates something beautiful amongst the arid plains and rocky outcroppings of the old west.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Jun 28, 2024 | Festivals, 2026 Oscars, Karlovy Vary 2024 |
In the setting of a Portuguese plantation on Principe in the early 20th century, Margarida Cardoso crafts a haunting and unsettling portrait of colonial destruction in the form of Banzo.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Jun 26, 2024 | Festivals, Mediterrane 2024, Verdict Shorts |
The historical documentary Pirates of the Mediterranean combines an operation to uncover a 16th century shipwreck with re-enactment and talking heads to explore an overlooked element of Europe’s past.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Jun 25, 2024 | Mediterrane 2024, Verdict Shorts |
A father attempts to create some kind of life and legacy for his blind son in this tender but bittersweet Maltese drama, Beautiful Lie.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Apr 15, 2024 | Festivals, Stockfish 2024, Verdict Shorts |
In the slantwise ethnographic documentary ‘Empathfridges’, Rakel Jonsdottir explores the concept of shared fridges in Iceland to create microcosmic portraits of place and community.
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