ND/NF: "Northern Skirts" Raises Austrian Politics and Artists' Concerns in the Age of Haider
Read More »ND/NF REVIEW: "Suzhou River"; It's Déjà Vu All Over Againby Mark Peranson(indieWIRE/3.29.2000) -- Named after the murky, polluted river that floats through Shanghai, "Suzhou River" confidently charts how its filth overflows into a noirish gangland story of a kidnapping, a girl, a motorcycle driver, and another pair -- the narrator and his girlfriend, who are their doubles. Heads, tails, and stripes above all other films that competed at this year's International Film festival Rotterdam Rotterdam -- and one of the eventual winners of the festival's top award -- was Lou Ye's very assured and engrossing tale. You're unlikely to fin...
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Read More »ND/NF REVIEW: Slovenian Pic Idly "Running" Alongby Andrea Meyer(indieWIRE/3.28.2000) -- Dizzy, the lanky, nonchalant antihero of Slovenian director Janez Burger's debut feature "Idle Running," graduated from college some time ago. He still lives in his own private room in the dorms, though. If he didn't, where else would he drink and play cards with the boys, spend hours staring at a TV screen, and sleep with his girlfriend when she deigns to visit? The cute girl from down the hall, Evy (Polona Lovsin), who visibly has a crush on him, knocks sweetly when it's time for lunch. A maid cleans up his empty beer cans. And if he feels like fondling ...
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