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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2021

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2021

Midnight Shivers

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5 films · 5 reviews

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Bloody Oranges (Oranges Sanguines)

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Bloody Oranges is condemned to straddle between two half-baked tones.

Antoni Konieczny · 2.5 out of 5
A retired couple entering a dance contest, a corrupt politician, a girl eager to lose her virginity, and a young lawyer obsessed with social status - a seemingly benign look into these daily lives goes haywire in this shocking black comedy.

(Country: France; Year: 2021; Director: Jean-Christophe Meurisse; Writer: Yohann Gloaguen, Jean-Christophe Meurisse, Amélie Philippe; Stars: Lorella Cravotta, Olivier Saladin, Christophe Paou, Alexandre Steiger, Lilith Grasmug, Fred Blin, Denis Podalydes)

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Censor

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Running a tight 84 minutes, the film still feels like an epic journey into both its seedy world and its heroine’s psyche.

Jeremy Mathews · 3.5 out of 5
When film censor Enid discovers an eerie horror that speaks directly to her sister's mysterious disappearance, she resolves to unravel the puzzle behind the film and its enigmatic director – a quest blurring the lines between fiction and reality in terrifying ways.

(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Prano Bailey-Bond; Writer: Prano Bailey-Bond, Anthony Fletcher; Stars: Niamh Algar, Clare Holman, Michael Smiley, Adrian Schiller, Felicity Montagu, Beau Gadsdon, Nicholas Burns, Sophia La Porta, Vincent Franklin, Guillaume Delaunay, Max Bennett, Andrew Havill, Tina Louise Owens, Sean Buchanan, Erin Shanagher)

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The Innocents

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The subtlety Vogt employs as a director pays off in spades as he gets as much creepy mileage from the disturbance of soil and water as any amount of CGI could muster.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
During the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren't looking.

(Country: US, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland; Year: 2021; Director: Eskil Vogt; Writer: Eskil Vogt; Stars: Rakel Lenora Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad, Sam Ashraf, Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim, Morten Svartveit)

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Mad God

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At first glance, one can feel the enormous amount of work, heart and effort put into the completion of this epic animation.

Mateusz Tarwacki · 4 out of 5
An epic journey through all the layers of hell.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Phil Tippett; Writer: Phil Tippett; Stars: Alex Cox, Niketa Roman, Satish Ratakonda, Harper Taylor, Brynn Taylor)

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Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash

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With characters coming and going continually, the film is wildly uneven in tone, sometimes broadly comic, sometimes painfully dark. In many ways this suits its efforts to address the chaotic nature of life.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
The tale of an impotent man who tries to assert his masculinity through fighting but cannot come to terms with his past.

(Country: Singapore, Germany, Indonesia; Year: 2021; Director: Edwin; Writer: Edwin, Eka Kurniawan, Eka Kurniawan; Stars: Marthino Lio, Ladya Cheryl, Reza Rahadian, Ratu Felisha, Sal Priadi, Kevin Ardillova, Kiki Narendra, Djenar Maesa Ayu, Eduward Manalu, Lukman Sardi, Ayu Laksmi, Yudi Ahmad Tajudin, Piet Pagau, Elly D. Luthan, Cecep Arif Rahman)

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