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Holland at goEast

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Holland at goEast

Agnieszka Holland was at the goEast Film Festival on April 30 to present her brand new film Spoor(Pokot). Here, Holland mixs genres to a subversive end, with her story concerning a retired engineer Janine Duszejko who is an amateur astrologist, vegetarian, and teacher with a great love of animals.

By Stephen Hayes 02 May 2017
Goeast FF-1

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Goeast FF-1

I'm in wonderful Wiesbaden for the Goeast Film Festival. Today is the first full day of screenings and it got off to a fun and interesting start this morning at the very beautiful Caligari Cinema. The show was a collection of recent short Polish animated films sponsored by

By Stephen Hayes 28 Apr 2017
Euro Fests-2017

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Euro Fests-2017

Hello from Europe folks, hope you are all well. I arrived in Europe a couple weeks ago for some vacation time, and to check out a couple festivals. I arrived early on a cloudy morning at Schipol Airport, and hopped on the TGV to Brussels. After a good sleep, I

By Stephen Hayes 26 Apr 2017

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Greasy Filmmaking + Nuclear Meltdown+ Polish Fish Tales

"Deutschland 83 is an eight-episode German television series starring Jonas Nay as a 24-year-old native of East Germany who in 1983 is sent to the West as an undercover spy for the HVA, the foreign intelligence agency of the Stasi. The series premiered on 17 June 2015 on the

By Stephen Hayes 22 Apr 2017
Strong Female Leads (4)

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Strong Female Leads (4)

Elle + Julieta= Who needs Hollywood? Elle (French for "she" or "her") "is a 2016 psychological thriller directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by David Birke, based on the novel Oh... by Philippe Djian. Djian's novel was released in 2012 and received the Prix

By Stephen Hayes 07 Mar 2017

EuroCinema

Reading Nordic Noir

Happy New Year and welcome to the first installment of our new monthly series, Oddly-Specific Genres! Last year, we hosted the 2016 Library Challenge, which was pretty intense. This year, we decided to take a more relaxed approach and are instead inviting you to step into a new genre in

By Stephen Hayes 21 Feb 2017

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Icelandic Noir

Anything to do with Trapped – The Killing Times’ best crime drama series of 2016 – and we’re all over it. That show’s creator, Baltasar Kormakur, has recently opened his own studio, RVK, in Reykjavik and he revealed at the Berlin Film Festival that his next project would be a

By Stephen Hayes 16 Feb 2017
Shin Godzilla via Anomalily

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Shin Godzilla via Anomalily

With the first cinematic appearance in 1954, the most popular (dai)kaiju celebrated its 31st film in 2016. Brought to life by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, Shin Godzilla already managed to become both, a box office sensation, and a face palm galore motivator. Here is, why I enjoyed it.

By Stephen Hayes 21 Jan 2017
Best of 2016 x 32

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Best of 2016 x 32

Ok it is almost time to say goodbye to 2016. I attended a few film festivals: Berlinale,Fantasia, and TIFF. As well I caught as many interesting films as possible at various cinemas. Here is my best of list-in descending order- favouring indie, foreign, and nourish dramas it seems:) Honorable

By Stephen Hayes 24 Dec 2016
Fantasia 2016-Swan Song+ TIFF

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Fantasia 2016-Swan Song+ TIFF

It's been a busy summer and I am just getting ready to attend a few film atTIFF 2016.I'm catching 3 features this weekend, including a new Malaysian supernatural noir called: Interchange. I am also going to see a new film from Polish directing legend Andrzej

By Stephen Hayes 10 Sep 2016
Anthropoid+ Closet Monster+Hunt For The Wilder People

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Anthropoid+ Closet Monster+Hunt For The Wilder People

Anthropoid-d. Sean Ellis-I took the commuter train into Toronto on the weekend ,and checked out a brand new Euro co-production,t hat just had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on 1 July 2016. Anthropoid stars:Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Toby Jones, and Charlotte Le Bon

By Stephen Hayes 19 Aug 2016
Fantasia: Conspiracy-Noir-Crime- Exorcism

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Fantasia: Conspiracy-Noir-Crime- Exorcism

Operation Avalanche-d. Matt Johnson-a very cool flick ,and an interesting take on the entire faked moon landing conspiracy theory. I did see a recent comedy flick called Moonwalkers that mined this territory as well. But this film is a very different kettle of fish. Following up on his first feature

By Stephen Hayes 16 Aug 2016
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