Smells Like Teen Spirit: Three Locarno Standouts Consider the Beauty and Torment of Being a Teenager
A trio of Locarno films offer a multi-faceted look at the isolation of being a teenager, and the independent spirit required to survive it.
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Could Artificial Intelligence Spell the End of Independent Filmmaking?
A new kind of AI technology can identify elements that might make a film perform better at the box office. But as creator Sami Arpa explains, the creative process is still key good to good movies.
A Fragmented Reality: How a Vital New Documentary Rejects Clear Readings of the Syrian Revolution
Maya Khoury’s “Fi al-thawra” is powerful and necessary for the way that it disrupts traditional Western readings of the Syrian Revolution.
As the Festival World Evolves, Locarno Finds Itself Through Marriage of the Mainstream and the Risky
The 72nd edition of the lauded fall festival offered a wide-ranging program from brand-new Artistic Director Lili Hinstin, one that continued a mission of deeply curated picks.
‘A Girl Missing’ Review: A Nurse Grows Sick of Revenge in Fukada Kōji’s’ Slow-Burning Thriller
A nurse tries to get revenge on her own bad luck in a frustratingly fractured new thriller from “Harmonium” director Fukada Kōji.
‘Vitalina Varela’ Review: Another Ravishing, Masterful Vision From Pedro Costa
Costa’s latest vision of Cape Verdean immigrants — a highlight from this year’s Locarno Film Festival — is another lyrical vision of somber people confronting their past.
Catherine Breillat Says Abdellatif Kechiche Spent ‘Way Too Long’ Shooting ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’ Sex Scenes
French provocateur Breillat currently heads the Locarno Film Festival jury.
Love in Fractured Times: New Films Speak to the Power of Memory as a Means of Survival
In this essay from the Locarno Critics Academy, several new films grapple with the power of old memories.
Locarno Filmmakers Academy 2018: Meet Some of the World’s Most Exciting New Filmmakers
In this contribution from the Locarno Critics Academy, a look at several young filmmakers workshopping their films at the festival this year.
Local Products: How Two New Films Speak to the Desire to Move Beyond a Globalized World
In this essay from the Locarno Critics Academy, recent experimental films provide a fresh way of looking at globalization.
‘A Land Imagined’ Review: A Dreamy Neo-Noir that Unfolds Like a Singaporean ‘Chinatown’
This year’s Locarno winner is an neo-noir that borrows from a dozen other movies in order to build itself into something unidentifiably new.
‘Too Late to Die Young’ Review: ‘Captain Fantastic’ Meets Lucrecia Martel in Stunning Tale of Growing Up in Small Moments
Dominga Sotomayor Castillo won best director at the Locarno Film Festival for this evocative look at growing up on the margins of society.
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