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Gill Pontecorvo is probably best remembered today for the famous docu-drama “The Battle of Algiers”, which won the Oscar for the best foreign film, and brought him nominations for the best director and the best …

A striking combination of drama and thriller comes to us from the Dominican Republic, and the Argentinian – Spanish screenwriter – director duo Silvina Schnicer and Ulises Porra bring a story that deals with the …

If a much better “Fresh” had not appeared a few months before this stylized horror-thriller, perhaps “A Wounded Fawn” would have deserved a much better rating. The concept in these two films is quite similar, …

When a documentary triumphs at a festival such as Venice in the competition of the whole wonder of excellent feature films, then it means that it is a really special work. And “All the Beauty …

  The monsters of the title of Marius Olteanu’s debut feature film are Dana (Judith State) and Arthur (Christian Popa), a couple between whom the story has apparently ended. This “monster” should not, of course, …

With his “Zodiac”, David Fincher showed how a modern thriller about serial killers should look like, and when every new film of this genre appears, like it or not, Fincher’s classic serves as something for …

Watching this crime drama by Argentinian Diego Lerman (The Invisible Eye, A Sort of a Family) reminded me of an American film that was also popular here in the mid-nineties. Michelle Pfeiffer in “Dangerous Thoughts” …

Daniel Brühl is a famous German actor who had his first notable role in the cult comedy drama “Goodbye Lenin”. He also tried his hand in Hollywood, so we remember him as a Nazi officer …

It has already become almost impossible to count all the series on which the hyper-productive Taylor Sheridan (screenwriter of the films Sicario and Sicario II, Hell or HIgh Water) worked. After “Yellowstone” and countless spin-offs …

A fairly botched character study of a complete sociopath and maniac was made by feature film debutant Peter Dourountzis. Only later did I realize that he designed “Vaurien” or “Rascal” after a real man, the …