Movie Review: “Four Mothers”
Nur weil er keine Kinder habe, sei sein Leben nicht nutzlos, entgegnet der geplagte Schriftsteller Edward…
Movie Review: “Last Breath”
Nein, Alex Parkinsons Unterwasser-Thriller ist nicht der, auf den alle warten: die Adaption des Titan-Desasters, bei…
Movie Review: “Clown in a Cornfield”
Wenn man eine ganze Handvoll unheimlicher Tropes des Horror-Genres zusammenwirft, muss dabei doch ein Overkill an…
TIFF Romania ‘25 Competition: “Myocradium”
“So we’re condemned to experiencing the same thing?”, asks the voice of an interviewer to the…
TIFF Romania ‘25 Romanian Days: “Merman”
There is one episode of triumphant revelation in Ana Lungu’s cinematic catalogue, comprised of a vast…
TIFF Romania ‘25 Tomorrow is Fear: “In the Belly of AI”
Directed by Henri Poulain and co-written with Antonio Casilli and Julien Goetz, this 75-minute documentary aims…
TIFF Romania ‘25 Smart 7: “Internal Zero”
On its slick surface, Eugene Jebeleanu’s feature adaptation of Lavinia Braniște’s eponymous novel is about a…
TIFF Romania ‘25 Competition: “The Kingdom”
A closeup on a dead boar on the return drive from a hunting trip. News footage…
TIFF Romania ‘25 Romanian Days: “A Rebel Edge”
Bogdan Puslenghea’s A Rebel Edge wants very much to be a melancholic candle flickering in the…
TIFF Romania ‘25 Hungarian Day: “Vulture’s Wake”
One could write a whole catalogue of thesis projects about the social-psychological and sociopolitical themes in…