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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · 2023

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2023

Midnight Screenings

Programme

6 films · 2 reviews

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Captain Faggotron Saves the Universe

A low budget, campy fantasy feature film about internalised homophobia, the tyranny of the closet and fear of a gay planet.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2023; Director: Harvey Rabbit; Writer: Harvey Rabbit; Stars: Tchivett, Bishop Black, Rodrigo Garcia Alves)

Infinity Pool

James and Em are enjoying an all-inclusive beach vacation when a fatal accident exposes the resort's perverse subculture of hedonistic tourism, reckless violence, and surreal horrors.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Brandon Cronenberg; Writer: Brandon Cronenberg; Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman)

In My Mother's Skin

Stranded in the Philippines during World War II, a young girl finds that her duty to protect her dying mother is complicated by her misplaced trust in a beguiling, flesh-eating fairy.

(Country: Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan; Year: 2023; Director: Kenneth Dagatan; Writer: Kenneth Dagatan; Stars: Angeli Bayani, Jasmine Curtis-Smith, James Mavie Estrella, Beauty Gonzalez, Felicity Kyle Napuli)

Project Wolf Hunting

Review preview for Project Wolf Hunting

An all-action spectacular with some smart ideas which sustains itself surprisingly well over a full two hours.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
The story of dangerous criminals on a cargo ship who are transported from the Philippines to South Korea, as they unleash a sinister force after an escape attempt leads to a riot.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Kin Hong-sun; Writer: Kin Hong-sun; Stars: Seo In-Guk, Jsng Dong-yoon, Choi Gwi-hwa, Sung Dong-il)

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Sisu

Review preview for Sisu

The only way to pull off a film like this is to approach it with absolute confidence. Jalmari Helander does a fantastic job.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
After a solitary prospector strikes gold in the wilderness of Lapland, he runs into a retreating detachment of Nazi soldiers who set their sights on claiming the bounty. Unfortunately for the stormtroopers, this is no ordinary miner.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2022; Director: Jalmari Helander; Writer: Jalmari Helander; Stars: Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Onni Tommila, Mimosa Willamo)

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The Way Of The Dragon

Martial arts classic.

(Country: Hong Kong; Year: 1972; Director: Bruce Lee)