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Festivals

Bodies in motion: a report from CPH:DOX 2024

by Savina Petkova

One of the world’s most impor­tant doc­u­men­tary fes­ti­val deliv­ers a host of very fine films as well as some flim-flam­my polit­i­cal statements.
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Review

Fantastic Machine review – there’s way too much going on here

by Savina Petkova

Max­im­i­lien Van Aertryck and Axel Daniel­son set out to inves­ti­gate the impli­ca­tions of the cam­era, from its inven­tion to the present day, with mixed results.

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Festivals

Queer Times: How Thessaloniki International Doc Festival are celebrating LGBTQ+ Cinema

by Christina Newland

A report from the 2024 TIDF sees art, empa­thy, a bit of vio­lence and a hope­ful vision for the future of Greek cinema.
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Review

Opus review – gorgeous document of a supreme artist

by Xuanlin Tham

Neo Sora cre­ates a beau­ti­ful por­trait of his late father, filmed just before he passed away from can­cer in 2023.

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Review

The Last Year of Darkness review – a wild ride through Chengdu’s queer scene

by Katherine McLaughlin

Ben Mullinkos­son cap­tures the agony and the ecsta­sy of Chi­nese club kids in this ode to one of Cheng­du’s under­ground queer spaces.

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Review

High & Low: John Galliano – a superior profile doc

by David Jenkins

Kevin Mac­don­ald gives his sub­ject enough rope in this slip­pery doc­u­men­tary about how we project a sense of regret.

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Review

Four Daughters review – successfully bypasses the traps of the gratuitous

by Rafa Sales Ross

The lat­est doc­u­men­tary from Tunisian direc­tor Kaouther Ben Hania cen­ters a quar­tet of young women whose lives are changed for­ev­er when two of them join ISIS.

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Review

Occupied City review – a staggeringly ambitious feat of emotional stamina

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Steven McQueen pro­vides a haunt­ing exam­i­na­tion of Ams­ter­dam under Nazi occu­pa­tion in con­trast to its present in his doc­u­men­tary adapt­ed from Bian­ca Stigter’s book of the same name.

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Review

This Blessed Plot review – a rough-hewn Brit ghost story

by David Jenkins

The lat­est from British non-fic­tion film­mak­er Marc Issacs offers an ethe­re­al cross-cut of work­ing class lives in deep­est Essex.

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Review

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer review – shine on you crazy German

by Adam Woodward

Thomas von Steinaeck­er flips the cam­era on one of Ger­many’s favourite film­mak­ing sons, inves­ti­gat­ing his long and far-reach­ing career.

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