Oris Aigbokhaevbolo - The Film Verdict

The Worst Ones

Posted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Jun 3, 2022 | CANNES 2022, Festivals |

Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret’s film is a solid debut indebted to the impressive performances of its child actors.

Don Juan

Posted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Jun 2, 2022 | CANNES 2022, Festivals |

Director Serge Bozon offers up a dour, quirky Don Juan (played by Tahar Rahim) for the age of #MeToo.

The Woodcutter Story

Posted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | May 20, 2022 | CANNES 2022, Featured, Festivals |

Mikko Myllylahti’s impressive debut feature is a poetic and perplexing look at a man facing the diminishing of his life’s work with otherworldly stoicism.

The Devil’s Drivers

Posted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Apr 4, 2022 | Festivals, Spotlight, Thessaloniki Documentary |

In a West Bank documentary that begins like a thriller and ends like a drama, Daniel Carsenty and Mohammed Abugeth introduce a new path into a conflict that never leaves the news.

The Bride

Posted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Mar 23, 2022 | Festivals, Thessaloniki Documentary |

An often poetic and fragmentary course on what it means to be a woman, Tiziano Doria and Samira Guadagnuolo’s The Bride is a demanding project that resists conventional storytelling and yet manages to be engaging.

Author: Oris Aigbokhaevbolo

The Worst Ones

Don Juan

The Woodcutter Story

The Devil’s Drivers

The Bride