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The Disapproving Swede
03.04.2025
A review of Hot milk by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. The film had its premiere at the 2025 Berlinale competition.
27.03.2025
An interview with Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani about their film Reflection in a Dead Diamond. The film had its premiere in the 2025 Berlinale competition.
21.03.2025
A review of What Marielle Knows Was Marielle weiß), the sophomore film by Frédéric Hambalek.
20.03.2025
An interview with Frédéric Hambalek, the director of What Marielle knows, which had its premiere in the competition at the 2025 Berlinale.
14.03.2025
A review of Yunan, the sophomore film by Ameer Fakher Eldin, and the second part of his Homeland trilogy. The film premiered in the competition of the 2025 Berlinale.
07.03.2025
A review of Growing Down (Minden rendben). The debut feature by Bálint Dániel Sós. It premiered in the Perspectives section at the 2025 Berlinale.
06.03.2025
A review of Mickey 17 by Bong Joon-Ho seen at a Gala screening at the 75th Berlinale.
02.03.2025
A rundown of the Berlinale Awards 2025 with some personal comments.
25.02.2025
A rundown of The Berlinale Independent juries prizes 2025.
17.02.2025
A review of Not a Thing (Veszélyes lehet a fagyi 2022) The strong debut feature by Fanni Szilágyi.
A list of the top 10 films set in Berlin. How many of them were screened at the Berlinale?
22.01.2025
A rundown of the films selected for the Berlinale 2025 Competition and Perspectives section with some personal comments.
15.01.2025
A rundown of the 2024 Swedish Film Awards. Who were the big winners?
07.01.2025
This is the list of the 10 films with the highest Disapproval factor in 2024. Not necessarily the very worst, but the ones that deserves disapproval.
02.01.2025
The rundown of the 10 best films of 2024 continues with the top five films.
A rundown of the 10 best films of 2024. This part covers number 10-6.
01.01.2025
An interview with the German director Christoph Hochhäusler ranging from discussions about his own films to reflections about cinema and criticism in general.
30.12.2024
A review of La mort viendra by Christoph Hochhäusler. Seen in the Focus: Germany section at the Black Nights Film Festival, following the premiere at Locarno.
29.12.2024
A review of Dreaming of Lions by Paolo Marinou-Blanco. It had its World premiere in the Critics' Picks section at the 2024 Black Nights Film Festival.
A review of Perfumed With Mint by Muhammad Hamdy. The film had its world premiere at the Settimana Internazionale della Critica at the Venice Film Festival, and was later screened in the Best of Festivals section at the Black Nights Film Festival.
27.12.2024
A review of Contact Lens.. The first feature by Ruiqi Lu, seen in the Rebels With a Cause section of the 2024 Black Nights Film Festival.
25.12.2024
A review of Empire of the Rabbits. The latest film by Eyfettin Tokmak. This harsh, Turkish tale had its world premiere at the 2024 Black Nights Film Festival.
23.12.2024
A review of The Weeping Walk (Waarom Wettelen), the debut feature by Dimitri Verhulst. The film enjoyed its international premiere in the First Feature section in the 2024 Black Nights Film Festival.
22.12.2024
A review of The Loop by Sang Beom Koo. Screened in the Official Selection competition at the 2024 Black Nights Film Festival.
20.12.2024
A review of I Can't Have Sex. The first work by and with Bel Gatti.
19.12.2024
A review of A Sip of Hell. The first feature by Pilar Boyle and Mariano Asseff. The film enjoyed its world premiere in the Rebels with a Cause Competition at the 2024 Black Nights Film Festival.
17.12.2024
A review of I, the Song by Dachen Roder.
16.12.2024
A review of Lotus, the first feature by Signe Birkova. It had its world premiere in the First Feature Competition at the 2024 Black Nights Film Festival.
15.12.2024
A review of Paradise Not Lost by Linas Mikuta. The film had its world premere in the Baltic Film Competition at the 2024 Black Nights Film Festival.
13.12.2024
An interview with Dechen Roder, the director of I, the Dog, which had its world premiere in the Critics' Picks section at the 2024 Black Nights Film Festival.
11.12.2024
A review of I was Born in a Garage by Arko Okk. A 3D documentary about the iconic Estonian architect Emil Urbel.
09.12.2024
When I watched Éric Rohmer's summery tale of love and sex, Pauline à la plage (1983), at the Swedish premiere in 1984, a row broke out between audience
08.12.2024
A review of Never Alone by Klaus Härö. The film had its world premiere in the Baltic Film Competition at the 2024 Black Nights Film Festival.
07.12.2024
An Interview with Nomuunzul Turmunkh and Enkhbayar Enkhtur. The scriptwriter and cinematographer of Silent City Driver, which won the Grand Prix at the 28th Black Nights Film Festival.
06.12.2024
A review of Silent City Driver, which had its world premiere at the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn, where it won the Grand Prix.
05.12.2024
A review of Tesa Man by Ugis Olte. A poetic film revolving around an outside concert with the Lativan post-metal band Tesa.
28.11.2024
A review of Boris Gruts' Deaf Lovers, which premiered at the Black Nights Film festival 2024. Also a discussion how the festival handled the controversy.
24.11.2024
A rundown of the Black Nights Film Festival Awards 2024.
08.11.2024
A rundown of the selection of the 28th edition of the Black Nights Film Festival PÖFF.
29.10.2024
The 2024 Warsaw Korean Film Festival is the 10th edition thus far. The films range from dramas and horror to romantic comedies. Two films screened early were