TagVangelis Mourikis

Comedy, Sarajevo 2015, Tallinn 2015, Thessaloniki 2015

Chevalier – Sarajevo 21

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.

REVIEWS

A Quintet – Friend Request – Sarajevo 20

Friend Request is trying to deal in the most detached way with the unsolved and crucial problems that the Middle East faces.

I.D. – Torino 30

The debut film by the Indian director Kamal K.M. where the drama of a lost identity meets a bleak thriller in both worlds of modern Mumbai.

Am Himmel Der Tag (Breaking Horizons) – Torino 30

A true contemporary film by Pola Beck which examines real issues that the 20-something generation faces today.

Su Re (The King) – Torino 30

Giovanni Columbu directs this artful experimental depiction of Jesus of Nazareth's last day on Earth set in Sardinia with amateur local cast.

Kaigenrei (Coup D’État, 1973)

The third and final film of Yoshishige Yoshida's political trilogy that marked the Japanese New Wave.

TagVangelis Mourikis

Chevalier – Sarajevo 21

A Quintet – Friend Request – Sarajevo 20

I.D. – Torino 30

Am Himmel Der Tag (Breaking Horizons) – Torino 30

Su Re (The King) – Torino 30

Kaigenrei (Coup D’État, 1973)

Alain Robbe-Grillet: What is Formalism?

Introduction to Faces by John Cassavetes

Grandrieux on his films

Federico Fellini & James Bond

David Cronenberg on Manipulation