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Black Nights 2015 Review: DAWN, A Surreal Image Of Soviet Life
Tales of mythic figures, particularly those whose myth is perpetuated by governments, are ripe fodder for film. This can be especially interesting if someone like myself is ignorant of said mythic figure. Such is the case with Dawn, Laila Pakalnina's...
Black Nights 2015 Review: THE AUTOMATIC HATE, Blood Is Not Thicker Than Water
Not all families are good or well-adjusted; there are often rifts (reasonable or not) between parents and children, siblings, cousins. Some of us might find out about skeletons in a closet, and sometimes those skeletons are best left undisturbed. In Justin...
Black Nights 2015 Review: LOEV, Lovers In A Dangerous Time
Same-sex activity is illegal in India, punishable by imprisonment. The release there of Deepa Mehta's film Fire, about a love affair between two women, incited violent protests in 1998. So the fact that Sudhanshu Saria's debut feature Loev was made...
Black Nights 2015 Review: THANK YOU FOR BOMBING Shines a Critical Light on War Reporting
War correspondants can be mythic figures, something of romantic heroes. They go to dangerous places in order to bring us the truth. It's been said that it was the reporter's stories that helped begin protests against the Vietnam War; although...
Black Nights 2015 Review: BODY, The Connection Between Flesh and Spirit
Malgorzata Szumowska's previous films (Elles, In the Name Of) have looked at the conflict between mind and body, in a darkly serious tone. In her latest film Body (which won the Silver Bear for Best Director at Berlinale), she again...
Black Nights 2015 Review: DON'T LOOK AT ME THAT WAY Asks Much, Answers Little
Most stories are about love: falling in love, falling out of love, betrayal, passion, death. And often, there is a good lover and a bad lover, or at least, someone with whom the audience is supposed to share perspective. But...
Black Nights 2015 Review: UNDER THE SUN, A Peek At North Korean Propaganda
For much of the world, North Korea is an enigma. What little we know of it comes either from those who have escaped (who do not tend to paint a pretty picture) or what little information comes from the country...
Black Nights 2015 Review: GHOST MOUNTAINEER, The Scariest Stories Are True
Growing up in Canada, you develop a healthy respect for the cold, when you could die just from being caught outside, not to mention activities that could have you buried under snow, or trapped in places with no civilization for...
Black Nights 2015 Review: MA, A Mesmerizing Study In Movement And Myth
Celia Rowlson-Hall studied choreography and dance, but has turned her considerable talents in those areas to film and video, and her first feature-length film Ma is a experimental wonder, a strange retelling of the Virgin Mary, which becomes a pilgrimage...
Black Nights 2015 Review: NIGHT SHIFT, Iranian Drama Meets Hitchcock
Niki Karimi has had a stellar career in Iranian cinema, first beginning as an actor, and moving into writing and directing in the past decade. Her most recent feature, Night Shift, is a serious and unusual blend of domestic drama...
