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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2013

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2013

Vitamin Boost

Strand curated as an antidote to gloom and doom.

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13 films · 4 reviews

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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

Review preview for Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

The film trundles along quite merrily without much plot, easily driven by the tension of the original premise.

Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
The hapless presenter is caught up in a hostage negotiation situation.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Declan Lowney; Writer: Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons, Armando Iannucci; Stars: Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee, Anna Maxwell Martin, Felicity Montagu, Simon Greenall, Monica Dolan)

Full review See: Article about Steve Coogan at the New York Film Festival

Almost Perfect (Sover Dolly på ryggen?)

Romantic comedy.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2012; Director: Hella Joof; Writer: Christian Torpe, Marie Østerbye; Stars: Lene Maria Christensen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mia Lyhne, Casper Crump, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Christian Mosbæk, Birthe Neumann, Keld Heick, Anne Sofie Espersen, Rasmus Bjerg, Niels Martin Eriksen, Frederik Schacht Dibbern, Valdemar Schacht Dibbern, Malthe Schacht Dibbern, Tina Gylling Mortensen)

August Fools (Mieletön elokuu)

Romantic comedy.

(Country: Finland, Czech Republic; Year: 2013; Director: Taru Mäkelä; Writer: Raija Talvio; Stars: Laura Birn, Kati Outinen, Tommi Korpela, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Veera W. Vilo, Esko Salminen, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Krystof Hádek, Vesa Vierikko, Anssi Lindström, Aku Hirviniemi, Seela Sella, Elena Leeve, Maria Sid, Cohlie Brocato)

Comrade Kim Goes Flying

Review preview for Comrade Kim Goes Flying

If you didn't know this film was made in North Korea, you could be forgiven for thinking it is a South Korean parody of a propaganda movie.

Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
A romantic, musical tale about a coal miner who dreams of becoming a trapeze artist.

(Country: Belgium, UK, North Korea; Year: 2012; Director: Anja Daelemans, Nicholas Bonner, Kim Gwang-hun; Stars: Han Jong-sim, Pak Chung-guk, Ri Yong-ho, Kim Son-nam, Han Kil-myong, An Chang-sun, Ri Ik-sung, Kim Un-yong)

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Enough Said

Review preview for Enough Said

Refreshing and breezy - but also forgotten almost as soon as it has wafted by.

Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
A divorced woman learns the new man in her life is her new friend's ex-husband.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Nicole Holofcener; Writer: Nicole Holofcener; Stars: Toni Collette, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ben Falcone, Amy Landecker, Michaela Watkins, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Toby Huss, Eve Hewson, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Tracey Fairaway, Phillip Brock, Tavi Gevinson)

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Frances Ha

Review preview for Frances Ha

You can enter through the objects, like an Eames chair or three pairs of Ray Bans, bought online. Or through the religious conflict inherent in a bacon bagel.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
Lightning-in-a-bottle, Noah Baumbach’s love poem to his star and co-writer Greta Gerwig recalls Godard’s early celebrations of Anna Karina, but, as a New York movie, it’s beautiful in a brand new way.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Noah Baumbach; Writer: Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig; Stars: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver, Michael Zegen, Patrick Heusinger, Teddy Cañez, Hannah Dunne, Grace Gummer, William Todd Levinson, Marina Squerciati, Finnerty Steeves)

Full review See: 2012 New York Film Festival - diary two

Los Flamencos

A trio of ageing siblings try to pull off one last heist.

(Country: Belgium; Year: 2013; Director: Daniel Lambo; Writer: Daniel Lambo; Stars: Charlie Cantraine, Koen De Bouw, Sien Eggers, Philippe Geubels, Jos Geysels, Wim Helsen, Kim Hertogs, Herwig Ilegems, Frederike Migom, Iwein Segers, Peter van den Eede, Jonas Van Geel, Mark Verstraete)

Love And Lemons (Små citroner gula)

A romantic comedy about love, friendship and the courage it takes to follow your dreams.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2013; Director: Teresa Fabik; Writer: Teresa Fabik, Kajsa Ingemarsson, Vasa; Stars: Rakel Wärmländer, Dan Ekborg, Josephine Bornebusch, Sverrir Gudnason, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Lidén, Eric Ericson, Richard Ulfsäter, Sofia Rönnegård, David Tainton, Iwa Boman, Hanna Skoghag, Emelie DiJolie, Paolo Laverghetta, Johan af Wetterstedt)

Only In New York (Peace After Marriage)

A lonely Palestinian-American agrees to marry and Israeli who needs a green card.

(Country: US, Israel, Jordan; Year: 2013; Director: Bandar Albuliwi, Ghazi Albuliwi; Writer: Ghazi Albuliwi; Stars: Hiam Abbass, Ghazi Albuliwi, Omer Barnea, Assaf Cohen, Salahaldin Hussein, Hany Kamal, Valerie Lonigro, Mark Lucaj, Einat Tubi)

The Referee (L'arbitro)

Football comedy.

(Country: Italy, Argentina; Year: 2013; Director: Paolo Zucca; Writer: Paolo Zucca, Barbara Alberti; Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Marco Cadau, Geppi Cucciari, Jacopo Cullin, Alessio Di Clemente, Franco Fais, Quirico Manunza, Marco Messeri, Grégoire Oestermann, Francesco Pannofino, Benito Urgu)

A Street In Palermo

The chaos caused when two cars meet in side street in Palermo and neither will budge to let the other pass.

(Country: Italy, Switzerland, France; Year: 2013; Director: Emma Dante; Writer: Emma Dante, Giorgio Vasta; Stars: Emma Dante, Alba Rohrwacher, Elena Cotta, Renato Malfatti, Dario Casarolo)

Three Many Weddings (Tres bodas de más)

A woman is forced to attend the marriages of three of her exes in one month... and the only person she can persuade to come along is her intern.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2013; Director: Javier Ruiz Caldera; Writer: Pablo Alén, Breixo Corral; Stars: Quim Gutiérrez, Inma Cuesta, Martiño Rivas, Rossy de Palma, Sílvia Abril, Laura Sánchez, María Botto, Joaquín Reyes, Bruno Sevilla, Paco León, Berto Romero, Bárbara Santa Cruz, Carlos Noriega)

Wrong Cops

Imagine a Los Angeles where crime is so low that a bored cop sells drugs and harasses a teenager to pass the time. Shot in standalone chapters, as it is being financed, screened and released, watch the 45 minutes of crazy.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Quentin Dupieux; Stars: Mark Burnham, Marilyn Manson, Steve Little, Eric Wareheim)