Dispatch from Reykjavík: Hot Films at a Cool Festival Randy Malamud January 2020 Festival ReportsAt Reykjavík International Film Festival’s 16th edition, strong opening and closing feature films – End of Sentence and Parasite – bookended a program where, in between, my top picks were all documentaries: an ...
In Stockholm, Bergman is (Literally) on the Money Randy Malamud December 2018 Festival ReportsA movie ticket with popcorn in Stockholm costs about 200 kroner, and if you pay cash you’ll notice that the 200 kroner bill features Ingmar Bergman’s handsome profile, alongside a smaller image of the director ...
Confronting Austrian history at the Diagonale: Making Up for Lost Time Randy Malamud June 2018 Festival ReportsIf Austrian film is less renowned than some other European cinema, still, it is a valuable and eclectic duchy of its own, and the Diagonale Festival of Austrian Film impressively curates and promotes this small...
