Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Senses of Cinema World Poll 2024: my favourites

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  RaMell Ross: Nickel Boys (US 2024). Based on the novel by Colson Whitehead, RaMell Ross creates something profoundly cinematic, even reinv...
Monday, December 16, 2024

The Brighton Strangler + extended intro by curator Ehsan Khoshbakht

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  Max Nosseck: The Brighton Strangler (US 1945) with John Loder (Reginald Parker / Edward Grey) and June Duprez (April Manby Carson). Bright...
Friday, December 13, 2024

Eija-Liisa Ahtila: Heijastus metsästä / A Reflection of the Forest (vernissage in the presence of Eija-Liisa Ahtila and Ilppo Pohjola)

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Eija-Liisa Ahtila: Heijastus metsästä / Reflection of the Forest (FI 2024).  From: Gösta Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation. Photographer: Sa...
Saturday, November 16, 2024

Die Alone

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Lowell Dean: Die Alone (CA 2024). Below: the protagonist couple Ethan (Douglas Smith) and Mae (Carrie-Anne Moss). Above: Kai (Frank Grillo) ...

Gui cai zhi dao / Dead Talents Society

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  John Hsu: 鬼才之道 / Gui cai zhi dao / Dead Talents Society (TW 2024). The Rookie (Gingle Wang) about to jump. 鬼才之道 Country and year: Taiwan 2...

Bookworm (2024)

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Ant Timpson: Bookworm (NZ 2024) with Nell Fisher (Mildred) and Elijah Wood (Strawn Wise). Country and year: New Zealand 2024 Rating: 12 Dura...
Friday, November 15, 2024

Shadowland (Finnish festival premiere, Night Visions Documentary Gala in the presence of Otso Tiainen, Kalle Kinnunen and Panu Hietaneva)

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  Otso Tiainen: Shadowland (FI 2024). Richard Stanley in Montségur. Country and year: Finland 2024 Rating: 12 Duration: 98 min Director: Ots...

Chain Reactions

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Alexandre O. Philippe: Chain Reactions (US 2024). Country and year: USA 2024 Rating: 16 Duration: 102 min Director and writer: Alexandre O. ...
Thursday, November 14, 2024

Rundi (Night Visions 2024 Finlandia Gala in the presence of Raimo Paananen and Eeva Litmanen)

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  Jouko Suikkari: Rundi (FI 1980). Rundan. Country and year: Finland 1990 Rating: 16 Duration: 99 min Director and writer: Jouko Suikkari Pr...

Saỷara

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Can Evrenol: Saỷara (TK 2024). Saỷara (Duygu Kocabiyik) opens the body bag containing her sister's horribly mutilated corpse. Saỷara: İn...

Cartas Telepáticas / Telepathic Letters

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Edgar Pêra: Cartas Telepáticas / Telepathic Letters (PT 2024). Telepathic Letters: An Unfinished Film by  Edgar Pêra Country and year: Portu...

Vihan hedelmät / Grapes of Wrath (Malakias 2024) (world premiere at Night Visions in the presence of Malakias)

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Night Visions Maximum Halloween 3024. Viewed at Night Visions, Kinopalatsi 1, Helsinki, 14 Nov 2024 A short film by Malakias was shown befor...

Bad Faith

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  Christopher Jacob Jones, Stephen Ujlaki: Bad Faith (US 2024). Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy Country and year:...