Category Archives: Cinema

Nihilism and anarchy in Nikos Nikolaidis’ “Glykia Symmoria” [1983 Greece]

Exploring Nikos Nikolaidis can be a bit of a challenge, because not only are his films not widely available – even the ones that are turn up without English subtitles, they’re also not properly remastered. One will have to use … Continue reading

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Psychedelia and coincidence explored in “Paraísos Artificiais” [2012 Brazil]

Director Marcos Prado makes his feature film debut through “Paraísos Artificiais” [Eng. Title: Artificial Paradises], a story set amidst the rave scene and a group of young people embracing eclectic new age ideals. We follow their fortunes over a period … Continue reading

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Bigas Luna critiques Spanish machismo in “Huevos de Oro” [1993 Spain]

Whether or not we like the early works of Catalan director Bigas Luna, one thing we have to give him credit for is his determination to never pussy-foot around what he’s trying to say. There is no polite-talk, no ‘birds … Continue reading

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Marina Anna Eich & Julia Jaschke in “Die Wahrheit der Lüge” [2011 Germany]

After the wacky and outrageous Engel mit schmutzigen Flügeln, Roland Reber returns to his pet theme of forcing people into unnatural surroundings and watching them respond. His eagerly anticipated “Die Wahrheit der Lüge” [Eng. Title: The Truth of Lie] could … Continue reading

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Remembering Dusan Makavejev’s chaotic masterpiece “Ljubavni Slucaj” [1967 Yugoslavia]

When you think of flawed geniuses in cinema, you tend to remember and love them precisely because of those flaws. The flaws obviously are not in their undoubted technical or artistic skills – more like their thought processes, and their … Continue reading

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