The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder
Filmmaker Inadelso Cossa uses sensory evocation to delve into the lingering impact of Mozambique’s civil war (1977 to 1992) in ‘The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder’.
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Posted by Adham Youssef | Feb 18, 2024 | Berlinale 2024, Festivals |
Filmmaker Inadelso Cossa uses sensory evocation to delve into the lingering impact of Mozambique’s civil war (1977 to 1992) in ‘The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder’.
Read MorePosted by Jay Weissberg | Feb 17, 2024 | Festivals, Berlinale 2024, Spotlight |
Olivier Assayas’s semi-autobiographical reverie ‘Suspended Time’ on his stay in the family home during lockdown, is likely his weakest work, playing like a parody of an intellectualized director’s banal ruminations.
Read MorePosted by Jay Weissberg | Feb 16, 2024 | Festivals, Berlinale 2024, The Festival Verdict |
A disappointing, maddeningly self-indulgent plunge into the tensions and inequities in the kitchen of a Times Square eatery, designed as an anti-capitalist diatribe messily juggling personal and choral storytelling but saved to some degree by excellent chiaroscuro camerawork and a strong cast.
Read MorePosted by Kevin Jagernauth | Feb 16, 2024 | Festivals, Berlinale 2024 |
In the week between the Grammys and the Super Bowl, Human Rights Watch announced that Vladimir...
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 16, 2024 | Berlinale 2024, Festivals, Verdict Shorts |
A teenager navigates the social pressures of school and the expectations of family in Muna, a thoughtful coming-of-age drama about personal desires and dislocated grief.
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