These past few weeks have seen the release of a compelling range of bold and thought-provoking works of independent cinema, coming to you from France, Italy, Germany and beyond. Scroll down to learn more! French […]
Finnish films
This week we put the spotlight on some newly available gems from the US, the Philippines, Taiwan, Mongolia, Finland and more. Calloused Hands (dir. Jesse Quinones, USA) Twelve-year-old Josh is a mixed race Miami […]
Director: Dome Karukoski East End Film Festival 2017 review Watch Tom of Finland on FilmDoo Dome Karukoski’s decades-spanning biopic, Tom of Finland, is a gradual emergence from the darkness for a man, a way of life and an […]
By Jessica Duncanson Director: Aki Kaurismäki LOCO Film Festival 2017 review Aki Kaurismäki’s The Other Side of Hope follows Syrian asylum-seeker Khaled (Sherwan Haji), who arrives in Finland after stowing away on a coal ship. […]
By Sharon Calingasan Director: Mika Kaurismí¤ki Watch on FilmDoo.com Mika Kaurismí¤ki’s The Girl King, written by Michel Marc Bouchard (Lilies, Tom at the Farm), is a retelling of the colorful and unconventional life of Queen Kristina […]
Christy Garland’s cheerleading documentary Cheer Up is a sports film that captures the personal victories of a team that can’t help but consistently lose. Focusing on a group of cheerleaders from the Arctic Circle in […]