Lousy Carter
American indie darling Bob Byington will please his fans with this minor amusing look at an underachieving English lit professor whose greatest disappointment is himself.
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Posted by Jay Weissberg | Aug 9, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno, Locarno 2023 |
American indie darling Bob Byington will please his fans with this minor amusing look at an underachieving English lit professor whose greatest disappointment is himself.
Read MorePosted by Jay Weissberg | Aug 8, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno, Locarno 2023 |
An undisciplined feature debut burdened by regrettably immature dialogue that knee-caps a potentially interesting impressionistic exploration of what “home” means in a globalized world.
Read MorePosted by Jay Weissberg | Aug 8, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno, Locarno 2023 |
A developmentally delayed young man falls under the spell of a pansexual itinerant children’s entertainer in Simone Bozzelli’s well-performed but psychologically ill-judged feature debut.
Read MorePosted by Jay Weissberg | Aug 7, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno, Locarno 2023, Spotlight |
Maryna Vroda’s richly lensed feature debut is a melancholic look at a dying part of north-eastern Ukraine that’s seemingly untouched by the present war, and while the narrative holds interest thanks especially to the protagonist, it’s the documentary-like scenes that are the film’s heart.
Read MorePosted by Jay Weissberg | Aug 5, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno, Locarno 2023, Spotlight |
Potent pacing and a charismatic lead propel this absorbing Israeli film in which a young soldier deserts his post during a Gaza incursion and escapes to Tel Aviv where he keeps running.
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