Locarno 2025 Archives

August 19, 2025 Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Locarno 2025, News, Reviews, Sho Miyake, TV show, Two Seasons Two Strangers by Filip

Writing about another great Locarno film a few days ago, I lamented the critical inclination to always bring up Éric…

August 16, 2025 Dracula, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Locarno 2025, News, Radu Jude, Reviews, TV show by Filip

Radu Jude is one of the great filmmakers of the decade. His latest, Dracula, is ostensibly a satire on Vlad…

August 16, 2025 Critic's Pick, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Locarno 2025, News, Reviews, The Plant from the Canaries, TV show by Filip

Never underestimate the critical desire to cite Éric Rohmer––spend enough days at a film festival and you’ll start noticing illusions…

August 14, 2025 Abdellatif Kechiche, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Locarno 2025, Mektoub My Love, News, Reviews, TV show by Filip

What is Mektoub, My Love about? Eight years since the first movie’s release––and after more than eight hours of Abdellatif…

August 12, 2025 Ben Rivers, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Locarno 2025, Mare's Nest, News, Reviews, TV show by Filip

Long before they came to designate a state of hopeless confusion, the words “mare’s nest” once meant something more electrifying:…

August 09, 2025 Blue Heron, Critic's Pick, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Locarno 2025, News, Reviews, TV show by Filip

In Nine Behind, one of Sophy Romvari’s earliest shorts, a young woman is heard sobbing on the phone to her…

August 07, 2025 Alexandre Koberidze, Dry Leaf, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Locarno 2025, News, TV show by Filip

We can admire those who (brilliantly) craft entire feature films on iPhones, but the choice to shoot a three-hour feature…

July 09, 2025 Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Locarno 2025, News, TV show by Filip

Set to take place August 6-16, the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival has now unveiled its promising lineup.…

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