• Interview with OCTOBER 2019 winner: Alessandro Gessaga

    Our winner for October comes from Switzerland, and is called Like a Shadow in the Dark. We had a talk to its director, Alessandro Gessaga, to find out more about the impressive project he was involved in. JL: Alessandro, […]

    Nov 18, 2019
    Julian A. Leu
  • Parasite (2019) (Review)

    I’ve often reiterated the idea that Cannes Film Festival is much more appreciative of true filmmaking quality than the mainstream film awards, or at a very minumum than the Academy Awards. I am curious to see, based on the […]

    Nov 11, 2019
    Julian A. Leu
  • 6 Great Racing Films

    With all the hype surrounding Ford v Ferrari, I decided to make a list of great films which have one thing in common: fast cars. I decided to skip animations (Cars would have otherwise made a fine addition to […]

    Nov 4, 2019
    Julian A. Leu
  • The Idiosyncratic Ingenuity of Yorgos Lanthimos

    It was a rainy and cold October evening in Glasgow, back in 2015, when I decided to set forth to the cinema. The roughly 7-minute walk offered me the distinct privilege of making decisions based on nothing in particular. […]

    Oct 28, 2019
    Julian A. Leu
  • 6 Films Set in Airports

    Last week, I was on the bus to the airport, ready to speed through the luggage control area and get to my gate. Unfortunately, this nice plan was ruined by a text I received a moment later, which informed […]

    Oct 20, 2019
    Julian A. Leu
  • Early Favs for the Award Season

    Yes, it’s very early to predict the big winners of the January-February award season. I haven’t yet seen many of the big names, but I can already see them falling into place. Sure, some of the names listed here […]

    Oct 12, 2019
    Julian A. Leu