Reviews of movies made in Europe.
« A different kind of zombie film. » Two young women, Vivi (Gro Swantje Kohlhof) and Eva (Maja Lehrer), are fleeing the limits of the “no zombies” community of Weimar. Their journey takes them into a lush and beautiful post-apocalyptic landscape: in the absence of man, nature has taken over. Finally,…
“There is someone at the door. — Ah, it’s Dieu! “ By the grace of Dieu (Duane Nakia Cooper), Sven (Kevin Van Doorslaer) and Chantal (Chloe Van Doorslaer) decide to spend one last night with their dad, whose funeral is tomorrow. For his first short film as a director, Kevin…
« As you get older, and older, and older… » This beautiful, sad, terrifying, wonderful rollercoaster ride, that we call life. Backstory, by Joschka Laukeninks, is a series of small moments assembled to tell the life… I have rarely seen such a powerful short film. Narration Laukeninks’s film is narrative. There…
“We are on the run. “ Gerard (Gerard Depardieu) is tired of being taken for a good apple by his in-laws. He leaves everything and goes back to a garage in a village nestled deep in the Gâtinais province. In front of the garage, there is a lovely hostel, owned…
« Bye byyyyyyyyyyyeeeee baaaaaby. Sooo loooooong baaaaaby… » A young woman is about to spend a quiet night at home with the only company of a movie. After a friend’s call, everything seems to go wrong. The feeling of anguish and confusion grows every minute at the inexplicable events that…
