Touched
Claudia Roranius’s ‘Touched’ competently telegraphs a complex intimate relationship with unusual frankness and gorgeous visuals, and yet, it falls short of its own material in true emotional terms.
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Posted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Aug 7, 2023 | Locarno 2023, Festivals |
Claudia Roranius’s ‘Touched’ competently telegraphs a complex intimate relationship with unusual frankness and gorgeous visuals, and yet, it falls short of its own material in true emotional terms.
Read MorePosted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Aug 3, 2023 | Locarno 2023, Festivals, Spotlight |
Dimitra Vlagopoulou shines in ‘Animal’, Sofia Exarchou’s sometimes sexy, sometimes poignant second feature film.
Read MorePosted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Aug 2, 2023 | Locarno 2023 |
Fiona Gordon and Dominique Abel return with ‘The Falling Star’, another picture more wacky than substantial — and therein lies its charm and limitation.
Read MorePosted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Feb 18, 2023 | Berlin, Berlin 2023, Featured, Festivals |
Babatunde Apalowo’s masterful international debut examines a real Nigerian life engaged in a denial of love and its pleasures.
Read MorePosted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Feb 18, 2023 | Berlin, Berlin 2023, Festivals, Spotlight |
‘The Cemetery of Cinema’ conveys an important point about Guinea’s deplorable relationship with film archives, despite its director’s theatricality.
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