Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Latest reviews

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  Minuscule - Valley Of The Lost Ants

  Review preview for Minuscule - Valley Of The Lost Ants

  Opens your eyes to fresh fields of possibility

  In a peaceful little clearing, the remains of a picnic hastily abandoned spark warfare between two tribes of ants.
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  Closed Curtain

  Review preview for Closed Curtain

  The more problematic aspects of the film stem from a narrative that cannot sustain the inventiveness of the central conceit and which peters out before the end.

  A writer and his dog retreat to a coastal villa only to have their peace disturbed by two siblings fleeing the police.
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  Au Revoir L'Été

  Review preview for Au Revoir L'Été

  The abiding sense is one of a gentle progress, an unfolding as of leaves, shadows dappled sliding slowly afternoonwards.

  Rites of passage drama about a youngster on a summer break with her family.
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  Tangerines

  Review preview for Tangerines

  The film is a great example of how powerful and universal small but well-crafted stories can be.

  As the Abkhazian War in Georgia approaches, two villagers are the only ones who haven’t left.
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  Ida

  Review preview for Ida

  A still, painterly vision in silvery monochrome - capturing the quiet contemplation of the two women and simultaneously encouraging the same on the part of the viewer.

  A novice nun comes face-to-face with her family’s past in 1960s Poland.
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  You And The Night

  Review preview for You And The Night

  It's bold, impetuous and willing to bite off far more than it can chew. One doesn't see enough of this sort of thing these days.

  A couple prepare to welcome guests for the evening but the atmosphere is tense.
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  Moebius

  Review preview for Moebius

  Intensely erotic throughout, even in the absence of what most people would think of as sexual, this feels like the culmination of a number of threads that have run throughout Kim's work.

  A single act of vengeful violence dramatically changes four lives.
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  Tom At The Farm

  Review preview for Tom At The Farm

  A complex portrait of grief, Tom At The Farm is Dolan's strongest work to date, not least because of the performance he gives in the lead.

  A young man finds himself embroiled in a dangerous game of deception.
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  Inside Llewyn Davis

  Review preview for Inside Llewyn Davis

  The pace may seem deliberate but the Coens obviously want us to uncover the character's layers gently rather than him being delivered ready-made.

  One week in the life of a talented, failed singer/songwriter in Greenwich Village, New York, in the Sixties
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  Sorrow And Joy

  Review preview for Sorrow And Joy

  Feels more like an exercise in personal therapy than a fully fledged film.

  Filmmaker Johannes and his wife, schoolteacher Signe, try to come to terms with unspeakable grief.

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Features

• Horsing around
  Benedikt Erlingsson on touring Of Horses And Men, his plans for the future and killing the movie star.
• Life and movement
  Jasmine Trinca on the physicality of her role in Honey and roles for women in Italian cinema.
• A taste of Honey
  Valeria Golino on her award-winning film, breaking boundaries, the meaning of rabbits and more.
• Danger man
  Denis Côté on ambiguity, surprise and risk-taking in Vic + Flo Saw A Bear.
• Riding high
  Of Horses and Men director Benedikt Erlingsson talks sagas, mankind and Mitty.
• Postcard from Tallinn Black Nights
  A taste of the film festival's international flavour.
• Bringing something new to the Party
  Ali Ahmadzadeh talks about depicting the upper-class youth of Iran, the death of hope and the risks of Persian filmmaking.
• Fairytale Korea move
  Producers Nick Bonner and Anja Daelemans talk about their unique co-production Comrade Kim Goes Flying.
• Achieving greatness
  Paolo Sorrentino on The Great Beauty, music, fashion and flamingos.
• All about Gloria
  Sebastián Lelio and Paulina García on their new film.
• New York Film Festival - diary one
  From NYC to London: Captain Phillips, The Invisible Woman and Only Lovers Left Alive
• Claire Denis talks Bastards
  On corruption, vengeance, family and unspeakable deeds.
• In the family
  Hirokazu Kore-eda on Like Father, Like Son
• Alan Partridge at the New York Film Festival
  Steve Coogan on his most popular unpopular character.
• San Sebastian Film Festival - Episode One
  Control in Enemy, The Zero Theorem and Like Father, Like Son.
• Portrait of an icon
  Fabien Constant on capturing Carine Roitfeld.
• C is for fashion
  Carine Roitfeld talks fairy tales, inspiration and becoming the subject of Fabien Constant's documentary
• The precision of a master
  Wong Kar Wai on making The Grandmaster
• The real deal
  Paulina García on playing Gloria
• Achieving The Look Of Love
  Director Michael Winterbottom on his Paul Raymond biopic.
• Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais on Whitewash
  Cold comfort in Quebec.
• Watching Haneke
  A conversation with Yves Montmayeur about Michael H Profession: Director.
• It's a Whitewash
  Thomas Haden Church and Marc Labrèche on muscles, the wilderness, strongly hideous clothes, and what eats at them.
• New York Film Festival - diary two
  Frances Ha, Passion but no De Palma, Tabu and Miguel Gomes raises a toast.

News

• The Great Beauty takes Grand Prix in Tallinn
  Tangerines an Of Horses And Men also take key prizes.