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Berlinale Day 3: No Intenso Agora (2017)

13 Feb 201713 Feb 2017
Brazilian director Joao Moreira Salles wrote and directed this documentary (English Title: In the Intense Now) wrapped around the years 1966-1968 and the intense revolutionary spirit that engulfed certain parts…
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Sour Grapes (2016): Schadenfreude

6 Nov 2016
I don't even drink wine, so my understanding of the collector's impulse is bound to be limited. Nonetheless, the themes flowing through Sour Grapes, smoothly prepped in the movie equivalent…
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Pozitia Copilului (2013): People at its Heart

13 Oct 201610 Jan 2017
Upon its release, I happened to catch a screening of the film (English title: Child's Pose) attended by the director and some of the actors, followed by a short Q&A. This…
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Sieranevada (2016): A Winter Wonderland

16 Sep 201610 Jan 2017
Although Romanian cinema has been 'mainstreaming' of late, this year has brought some old-school/new-school movies received to widespread critical acclaim, like Cristian Mungiu's Bacalaureat (Graduation) or Bogdan Mirica's Caini (Dogs).…
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The Baby (1973): A Slight Phenomenon

13 Sep 2016
Several months after first seeing it, it feels like The Baby has been an unassuming life lesson. I was in Brussels at the time and as chance would have it,…
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The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010): The Fetish Rises

6 Sep 2016
Everybody fetishizes something. As much as I'd like to convince myself otherwise, I seem to fetishize over the American high school drama/comedy. Give me The Breakfast Club (1985), Dazed and…
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Amy (2015): Discovering Anew

30 May 201630 May 2016
Amy tells a tragic tale, in what amounts to an enthralling documentary that does an exceptional job in humanizing the artist. It's a challenge, because of the disconnect between the…
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The Family Fang (2015): Sibling Togetherness

17 May 201617 May 2016
After 'Bad Words', Bateman the director appears to be heading in the right direction and takes on a more ambitious, layered project. This film deals not only with a dysfunctional…
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An Honest Liar (2014): The Skeptic Inside

22 Apr 201622 Apr 2016
There truly is something mystical about An Honest Liar, that allows it to transcend its flawed structure and be relevant in spite of it. At its core, the ambition of…
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Taxi (2015): A Journey Around Censorship

23 Mar 201624 Mar 2016
Somewhere, in the corner of my mind, the information about Jafar Panahi's predicament was lying around unguarded. His 2010 jail sentence and twenty year ban from filmmaking were a result…
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