Watch Kissing? on FilmDoo Through the lens of its central relationship between Danny (Thanassis Petropoulos) and Stella (Iro Bezou), eccentric Greek rom-com Kissing? offers an unconventional take on modern life and love. Presenting an out-of-chronology series of encounters […]
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Watch 1:54 on FilmDoo Exposing the social stigmas, heated rivalries and silent anguish of the adolescent years, Yan England’s tensely constructed 1:54 stars Antoine-Olivier Pilon of Mommy fame as a meek young track runner and science enthusiast […]
Watch Swagger on FilmDoo A colourful mosaic of life in the underprivileged Parisian suburbs of Aulnay-sous-Bois, Olivier Babinet’s Swagger gives voice to the anxieties and aspirations of schoolchildren whose youthful idealism persists in spite of barriers stemming from issues of […]
Director: Stephan Streker MyFrenchFilmFestival review A disquieting tale of clashing values and cultural tradition, Stephan Streker’s A Wedding (aka Noces) harbours an underlying fatalism that grants anxious mood and purpose to even the most mundane moments in […]
Taking its name from an old fable in which an idle cricket sings and dances its summer away while the diligent ant toils in preparation for the coming winter, Julia Ritschel’s The Cricket and the […]
It’s a strange and unfortunate truth that the action genre is habitually relegated to the league of second-tier cinema by many of the most serious-minded western critics and film fans. Perhaps it would be a different […]