Carmen Gray - The Film Verdict

Drawing Lots

Posted by Carmen Gray | Jan 27, 2023 | Featured, Festivals, Rotterdam 2023 |

The black-humoured snapshot of a disorderly Georgian seaside community where love and crime bring scant reward.

Birdland

Posted by Carmen Gray | Jan 26, 2023 | Festivals, Rotterdam, Rotterdam 2023 |

Revolution is coming in this intricate, densely layered vision of the burning of a forest and the girl who harnesses the technology of dissent.

One Last Evening

Posted by Carmen Gray | Jan 26, 2023 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2023 |

A couple’s farewell dinner in Hanover descends into chaos in this pandemic-era portrait, with a political sting in its tail, of an anxious, divided generation.

Munch

Posted by Carmen Gray | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, Festivals, Rotterdam 2023 |

Unexpected formal flourishes can only spice up conventional ideas on tormented genius in this take on the life of Norway’s Expressionist painter Edvard Munch.

The (Physical) Return of Rotterdam

Posted by Carmen Gray | Jan 25, 2023 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2023 |

The 52nd IFFR kicks off its first full-scale, physical edition since the pandemic, amid heightened industry scrutiny after a controversial restructure.

Author: Carmen Gray

Drawing Lots

Birdland

One Last Evening

Munch

The (Physical) Return of Rotterdam