Lynch/Oz
Dir. Alexandre O. Philippe
Swiss filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe gave us the free-flowing fandom doc The People vs. George Lucas in 2010 and hasn’t…
The Last Rider
Dir. Alex Holmes
American cyclist Greg LeMond, who in 1986 won the Tour de France has been a legend in the sports world,…
Cow
Dir. Andrea Arnold
The film unfolds in the rhythm of a cow’s life: birth, mating, feeding, milking, checkups. Soon, these events become regular…
Pearl
Dir. Ti West
It’s rare to see a prequel surpass its antecedent, but Pearl is that exception. You can watch it before or…
Show Me Love
Dir. Lukas Moodysson
Set in the small town of Åmål, western Sweden, the debut feature by Lukas Moodysson (We Are the Best), is…
Little England
Dir. Pantelis Voulgaris
Little England is one of those rare cases in small-nation cinemas, where a film was equally appealing to mainstream and…
Viva
Dir. Paddy Breathnach
Shrooms director Paddy Breathnach has als dipped his toes in romcoms and thrillers, but this queer Bogota-set drama has a…
The Forest for the Trees
Dir. Maren Ade
More than a decade before she made Toni Erdmann, German filmmaker Maren Ade turned her eye on a small-town school,…
The Accused
Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
An arguably tough watch, The Accused fluctuates between crime and courtroom drama, eschewing any kind of sentimentality in its storytelling.…
Barbara
Dir. Christian Petzold
Barbara (Petzold regular Nina Hoss) has fallen from grace, at least by the standards of 1980s Germany. A renowned doctor…
The Last Duel
Dir. Ridley Scott
The Last Duel propped high expectations as the Closing Film at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, but its theatrical release…
Nightmare Alley
Dir. Guillermo del Toro
Wise, superbly acted, and gorgeously put together, all of these apply to Nightmare Alley. In a world where remakes are…
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Dir. Lars von Trier
Danish writer-director Lars von Trier concludes his so-called Depression trilogy with the two parts of Nymphomaniac, an elaborate retelling of…
Melancholia
Dir. Lars von Trier
When categorizing Lars von Trier’s oeuvre, critics speak of a “Depression Trilogy” bookended by Antichrist and Nymphomaniac, but Melancholia is…
No Way Out
Dir. Roger Donaldson
The film that catapulted Kevin Costner to fame, No Way Out, is based on a novel by Kenneth Fearing, “The…
Selma
Dir. Ava DuVernay
The award-winning third feature by director Ava DuVernay, Selma, was released around the 50th anniversary of the historically significant marches…
The Cabin in the Woods
Dir. Drew Goddard
The Cabin in the Woods came to be as Buffy The Vampire Slayer writers Drew Goddard and and Joss Whedon…
Starship Troopers
Dir. Paul Verhoeven
When citizenship and rights can only be achieved through federal service, you have no choice but to militarize. Johnny Rico…
Hannah and Her Sisters
Dir. Woody Allen
What was deemed Woody Allen’s most commercially successful film, Hannah and Her Sisters seemed to mark a turning point in…
Chicago
Dir. Rob Marshall
From a 1926 play to the iconic 1975 stage musical to Rob Marshall’s 2002 extravaganza, Chicag0 has had a strong…
Fatal Attraction
Dir. Adrian Lyne
British director Adrian Lyne (9 1/2 Weeks) is famous for his uncompromising treatment of seedy eroticism and charged stories. Fatal…
Projektor articles by Savina Petkova
‘Malqueridas’ Review – Saving Grace
‘Housekeeping For Beginners’ Review – Life In All Its Glory
‘Heartless’ Review – The Mysteries of Life
‘Not a Word’ Review – Learning to Talk
Franz Rogowski and Ben Whishaw Interview — Actors in ‘Passages’
‘Beautiful Helen’ Review – Film as an Act of Love
George Ovashvili Interview – Director of ‘Beautiful Helen’
