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Entertainment · LocarnoA man dissolves into a shimmering silhouette before passing through a wall into the afterlife in Dane Komljen’s ghostly “Desire Lines,” which held its world premiere Aug. 11 in Locarno’s main International Competition. A Berlin-based, Serbian filmmaker and visual artist known for his sharp, pensive slow cinema, Komljen was first recognized for his 2010 debut […]See the Story
Dane Komljen on His Freewheeling, Utopian ‘Desire Lines’ and ‘Slipping Into a Different Mold’ in the Locarno Main Competition Title
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Romania · Romania‘Don’t Let Me Die’ marks a conscious departure from Romania’s contemporary cinematic traditions, cultivated by Cristi Puiu and Corneliu Porumboiu.See the Story
Romanian Director Andrei Epure Drills Down on ‘Sabotaging Realism’ in His Locarno Player ‘Don’t Let Me Die’
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Minnesota · MinnesotaEmma Thompson’s palpable aura of capability and down-to-earth shrewdness has seldom been better deployed than in “The Dead of Winter.” Without the star channelling the blunt good sense and sing-song Minnesotan vowels of “Fargo’s” Marge Gunderson, Brian Kirk’s midwestern midwinter thriller would amount to little more than an episode of “Criminal Minds” with a bigger landscape photography budget.
With her, however, the film just about performs a…See the Story
‘The Dead of Winter’ Review: Emma Thompson Warms the Frozen Heart of an Icy, Generic Thriller
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