Category: Featured

Spotlight

Wonka

by Alonso Duralde | Dec 4, 2023 | Spotlight | 0 |

Musical prequel manages to find the sweet spot between the wicked psychedelia of the original Willy Wonka and the feel-good delights of the director’s Paddington movies.

TFV

‘UNEDITED’

Uninterrupted. Unfiltered. Uncensored.

The Duke & The Poet (Što se bore misli moje) - a film by Milorad Milinkovi? (2023) - official trailer (En subs -optional) from SOUL FOOD FILMS on Vimeo.

Featured

The Peasants

by Carmen Gray | Dec 3, 2023 | Festivals, Featured, International Oscars 2024, Toronto 2023 | 0

Luminous hand-painting animates a famed Polish tale of female defiance in a rural world of predatory opportunism and survival.

The Last Ashes

by Deborah Young | Dec 2, 2023 | Featured, International Oscars 2024 | 0
“Miracles happen, you just need to look around”: an interview with Tinatin Kajrishvili and Lasha Khalvashi.

by Stephen Dalton | Dec 2, 2023 | Festivals, Featured, Interviews & Profiles, Interviews & Profiles | 0
A “Special Edition” of El Gouna Film Festival 2023

by TheFilmVerdict | Nov 26, 2023 | FestMarket Clips, El Gouna 2023, Featured, Festivals | 0

International Oscars 2024

Five Questions for Loïc Tanson, director of ‘The Last Ashes’

by Deborah Young | Dec 4, 2023

The filmmaker talks about 'The Last Ashes', an intriguing blend of European and American film traditions that is Luxembourg's selection for the Oscar race.

Ramata-Toulaye Sy on taking ‘Banel & Adama’ to Cannes and the Oscars

by Max Borg | Dec 4, 2023
Winners of the Excellence Awards 2023

by TheFilmVerdict | Nov 30, 2023
33rd Gotham Award Winners

by TheFilmVerdict | Nov 28, 2023
18 German short films in contention for the 96th Oscars®

by Kelly Jones | Nov 9, 2023

Verdict Shorts

14 Paintings

by Ben Nicholson | Nov 15, 2023

Just over a dozen artworks are observed in situ in 14 Paintings, a patient but cumulatively fascinating cross-section portrait of contemporary China.

Between Delicate and Violent

by Ben Nicholson | Nov 12, 2023
An Asian Ghost Story

by Ben Nicholson | Oct 13, 2023
Compound Eyes of Tropical

by Ben Nicholson | Oct 12, 2023
Lumene: Privatisation

by Ben Nicholson | Oct 11, 2023

IDFA 2023

IDFA 2023: The Verdict

by TheFilmVerdict | Nov 20, 2023

IDFA 2023 received a staggering dose of real-life events on its opening night; the quality of its film selection and a few political moves helped it recover.

IDFA: The Awards

by TheFilmVerdict | Nov 20, 2023
The Burden

by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Nov 15, 2023
Peter Greenaway at IDFA 2023

by Stephen Dalton | Nov 15, 2023
The Kyiv Files

by Stephen Dalton | Nov 15, 2023
As the Tide Comes In

by Stephen Dalton | Nov 14, 2023

Leipzig 2023

DOK Leipzig 2023: The Verdict

by Adham Youssef | Oct 15, 2023

With its socially and politically engaged agenda, DOK Leipzig's 66th edition felt especially timely this year during a major period of global turbulence.