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Locarno Film Festival

7 August – 17 August 2013

With a new director at the helm, the Locarno Film Festival is set to be bigger and better than ever. Its line-up this year consists almost entirely of world premieres and it also has a George Cukor retrospective that will be introduced by Jacqueline Bisset, plus a tribute to Werner Herzog, who will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award there.


The festival runs from August 7 - 17.

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  • When Evening Falls On Bucharest, Or Metabolism
    Review preview for When Evening Falls On Bucharest, Or Metabolism

    Is Porumboiu simply seeing how much he can get away with? How far does this artistic experiment extend beyond the screen?

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A director and his leading actress converse off set about the difficulty of capturing reality.
  • What Now? Remind Me
    Review preview for What Now? Remind Me

    Brings a sense of immediacy to events now far away in time.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The director muses on 20 years of life with HIV.
  • The Dirties
    Review preview for The Dirties

    The Dirties... has two leads who work well with each other and whose naturalism and likeability draws us in

    Owen Van Spall · 3.5 out of 5
    Two best friends are filming a comedy about getting revenge on the bullies at their high school. One of them isn't joking.
  • Coast Of Death
    Review preview for Coast Of Death

    A complex, multi-faceted portrait of the director's home region of Galicia, in north-west Spain, with imagery that is awe-inspiring in the proper sense of the term.

    Rebecca Naughten · 5 out of 5
    Documentary about an area of Galicia considered to be the end of the world by the Romans.
  • Exhibition
    Review preview for Exhibition

    The scripting is loose and Albertine - best known as the former guitarist with punk group The Slits - and real-life conceptual artist Gillick have the rawness that comes with first-time acting.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Examination of the relationship between a middle-aged couple who are planning a move.
  • The Strange Colour Of Your Body's Tears
    Review preview for The Strange Colour Of Your Body's Tears

    For all that its often said "they don't make them like they used to" this is very, very close.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A woman's disappearance forms the central mystery in this visually stylish neo-giallo.
  • Blue Ruin
    Review preview for Blue Ruin

    Visually arresting, impressively taut and enjoyably idiosyncratic.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Unexpected news transforms an easy-going vagrant into a man bent on revenge.
  • Gloria
    Review preview for Gloria

    Gloria has the instincts of an eagle and the courage to fly.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A woman finds late romance at a dance club, but will family intrude?
  • About Time
    Review preview for About Time

    This is complete hand-waving trash - he's an ignorant, privileged cocky arsehole and good things happen to him. Pass the sick bucket.

    Scott Macdonald · 1 out of 5
    A young man who discovers he can travel in time decides to use it to try and get a girlfriend.
  • 2 Guns
    Review preview for 2 Guns

    Like the bulls that Papi is so fond of, this film is more interested in careering about causing mayhem than dwelling on details.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Mismatched buddies make a lot of enemies after problems with a heist.

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