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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · 2013

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2013

Borderline Films: The First Ten Years

This strand also includes short films Kids In Love, The Last 15, Mary Last Seen and an Untitled Josh Mond short.

Programme

8 films · 7 reviews

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Afterschool

Review preview for Afterschool

'An effective and realistic examination of a world where intelligent and privileged characters have reached near-adulthood without having any real understanding of basic morality.'

Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
A boy at an exclusive American private school becomes increasingly obsessed with watching video clips on his computer.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Antonio Campos; Writer: Antonio Campos; Stars: Ezra Miller, Addison Timlin, Jeremy Allen White, Emory Cohen, Michael Stuhlbarg, Rosemarie Dewitt, Lee Wilkof, Paul Sparks, Bill Raymond, Gary Wilmes Christopher Mccann)

Buy It Now

Review preview for Buy It Now

Buy It Now is rare in being a film about teenagers which portrays them realistically and manages to do so without being offensive to a young audience.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
The documentary style story of a teenager who decides to sell her virginity on eBay.

(Country: US; Year: 2005; Director: Antonio Campos; Writer: Antonio Campos; Stars: Chelsea Logan, Rosemarie DeWitt, Christopher McCann, Tiffany Yaraghi, Stacy Jordan)

Code Unknown (Code Inconnu)

Review preview for Code Unknown

As usual, Haneke never lets us forget the artifice of what we are watching.

Keith Hennessey Brown · 2.5 out of 5
Self-consciously obtuse drama.

(Country: France; Year: 2000; Director: Michael Haneke; Writer: Michael Haneke; Stars: Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Luminata Gheorghui, Ona Lu Yenke, Helene Diarra)

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Review preview for Martha Marcy May Marlene

As a moody, atmospheric study of paranoia, it is hard to beat.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A woman is traumatised after fleeing a cult.

(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: T Sean Durkin; Writer: T Sean Durkin; Stars: Sarah Paulson, Hugh Dancy, John Hawkes, Brady Corbet, Elizabeth Olsen, Louisa Krause, Maria Dizzia, Julia Garner, Christopher Abbott, Diana Masi, Allen McCullough, Michael Chmiel)

Reprise

Review preview for Reprise

Reprise is difficult to watch. It demonstrates an originality and energy which requires control to make sense of itself.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
The literary life for two young friends in Norway.

(Country: Norway; Year: 2006; Director: Joachim Trier; Writer: Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier; Stars: Anders Danielsen Lie, Espen Klouman-Høiner, Viktoria Winge, Henrik Elvestad, Christian Rubeck, Odd Magnus Williamson, Rebekka Karijord, Henrik Mestad, Silje Hagen, Pål Stokka, Sigmund Sæverud, Tone Danielsen, voice of Eindride Eidsvold)

Rosemary's Baby

Review preview for Rosemary's Baby

his film ingeniously lays a horror tale over what are, for the most part, perfectly normal events often experienced by pregnant women and it is its subtlety which is its strength.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Taut supernatural chiller with Mia Farrow having a devilish time with her pregnancy.

(Country: US; Year: 1968; Director: Roman Polanski; Writer: Roman Polanski, based on the novel by Ira Levin; Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy, Patsy Kelly)

Simon Killer

Review preview for Simon Killer

There’s no reassurance to be found in this cold world but Campos’s talent for getting mood whistling abominably through your ears is worthy of admiration.

Sophie Monks Kaufman · 4 out of 5
A recent college graduate goes to Paris after breaking up with his girlfriend of five years. Once there, he falls in love with a young prostitute and their fateful journey begins.

(Country: France, US; Year: 2011; Director: Antonio Campos; Writer: Antonio Campos; Stars: Brady Corbet, Mati Diop, Michaël Abiteboul, Alex Desjoux, Marc Gaviard, Alexandra Neil, Nicolas Ronchi, Etienne Rotha Moeng, Constance Rousseau, Lila Salet, Solo) , Trailer

Two Gates Of Sleep

Two brothers caring for their ailing mother prepare to take her on one last remarkable journey.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Alistair Banks Griffin; Writer: Alistair Banks Griffin; Stars: Brady Corbet, David Callm, Karen Young)