By David Pountain Directed by Lucky Kuswandi As the title would suggest, In the Absence of the Sun, the humorous and poignant new drama from Indonesian writer-director Lucky Kuswandi, takes place mostly at night (one single […]
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By David Pountain Directed by Koji Fukada Any discussion of Koji Fukada’s affecting new drama, Au revoir l’été, will inevitably involve a comparison to the late great Eric Rohmer. Shadows of the French director’s 1983 […]
By David Pountain Dir: Lee Chang-dong Dodging the patronising pitfalls common to disability drama and wrenching the ‘unconventional romance’ trope from the jaws of rom-com cutesiness, Lee Chang-dong’s startlingly provocative Oasis is a film that […]
By Eleonora Mignoli Dir. Brillante Mendoza Slingshot (original title Tirador, 2007) is one of those movies where the camera never stops. Directed by filmmaker Brillante Mendoza, winner of the Best Director Award at Cannes for […]
FilmDoo’s review of Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi’s harrowing, Oscar-nominated documentary.
By Benjamin Brown “Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each otherâ€- Lawrence Stern Like Yin and Yang, pain and pleasure are ultimately two sides of the same coin in an emotional vortex of […]