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‘As Estações’ Film Review: A Poetic Documentary Portraying Alentejo

The French director Maureen Fazendeiro is known for her short documentary Sol Negro (Black Sun), a recitation of Henri Michaux‘s poem. After that, she joined the Portuguese director Miguel Gomes, co-writing his Cannes award-winning Grand Tour, and co-directing the 2021 film, Diários de Otsoga (The Tsugua Diaries). Now, she directs …

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‘Solomamma’ Film Review: A Single Mother Finds A Second Coming of Age in Janicke Askevold’s Soberly Riveting Drama (Locarno)

2025 is slowly turning into a banner year for Norwegian cinema, not least because of the Grand Prix acclaim of Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, already touted as one of “The 100 Best Movies of the 2020s (So Far),” at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Not long prior to that, Nina …

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‘Dry Leaf’ Film Review: Alexandre Koberidze’s Gorgeously Fierce Neo-Noir Odyssey

Georgian director Alexandre Koberidze made a splash in the arthouse circuit when he competed in the 2021 Berlin Film Festival with his What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?. MUBI acquired the film and released it as one of the original releases during the expansion of the …

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