CategoryAction

Action, Comedy

Konec Agenta W4C (The End of Agent W4C, 1967)

Václav Vorlíček created the first Czechoslovak absurd bond-esque espionage parody that still holds its cult status.

Action, Comedy

Le Magnifique (The Magnificent, 1973)

The instant cult French espionage parody by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jacqueline Bisset.

REVIEWS

Sobytie (The Event) – Tallinn 19 Docs

Sergei Loznitsa investigates the events that took place in Leningrad, after a failed coup d’état and marked Soviet Union's end, by creating a grainy prequel of his previous doc, Maidan.

Turist (Force Majeure, 2014)

Ruben Östlund dismantles the nuclear perfect iconic family as the predominant father figure fails to support his socially imposed gender role.

Theeb (ذيب) – Venice 71 Orizzonti

A visually impressive and highly emotional coming-of-age film by Naji Abu Nowar, set in the Jordanian desert just before the Arab Revolt. Orizzonti Award for Best Director at the 71st Venice Film Festival.

Viharsarok (Land of Storms) – Sarajevo 20

A deeply emotional and visually impressive drama by Ádám Császi, that exposes the issue of homophobia in modern day Hungary.

Elena (2011)

The Revelation according to Andrei Zvyagintsev doesn’t come after a terrifying future event. It is the already present moral collapse that will bring the inevitable catastrophe.

CategoryAction

Konec Agenta W4C (The End of Agent W4C, 1967)

Le Magnifique (The Magnificent, 1973)

Sobytie (The Event) – Tallinn 19 Docs

Turist (Force Majeure, 2014)

Theeb (ذيب) – Venice 71 Orizzonti

Viharsarok (Land of Storms) – Sarajevo 20

Elena (2011)

André Bazin: The Ontology of the Photographic Image

Federico Fellini & James Bond

How to make a bed

A cinephile’s wish

The Meaning of Cinema by Andrei Tarkovsky