Jodorowsky on filmmaking

Most directors make films with their eyes; I make films with my testicles

Alejandro Jodorowsky

The Author Vassilis Economou

Freelance film critic and hardcore cinephile.

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Athina Rachel Tsangari tries to find Who’s the Best in General with a deadpan odd satire that dismantles masculinity and makes Greek Weird Wave to go feel-good. Special Jury Mention at the 21st Sarajevo Film Festival.

Ikarie XB-1 (Voyage to the End of the Universe, 1963)

The pioneering Czechoslovak science fiction film by Jindrich Polák, based on Stanislaw Lem's The Magellanic Cloud.

Aquarius – Jerusalem 33

In his sophomore film, Kleber Mendonça Filho penetrates Brazilian falsely beautified society through Sônia Braga's stunning performance.

L’Apollonide (House of Tolerance, 2011)

Bertrand Bonello's provocative tableau vivant that explores the female sexuality set in a brothel at the turn of the 20th century.

Marécages (Wetlands, 2011)

Α highly realistic kitchen sink drama of a family's dissolution set in the rural isolated environment of Quebec's Wetlands. Debut feature film by Guy Édoin.

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