Category Archives: Locarno International Film Festival

LOCARNO FILM REVIEW: Denis Cote’s ‘All That She Wants’

Posted on August 14, 2008 by admin

By Ray Bennett LOCARNO, Switzerland – Shot in atmospheric black-and-white but lacking clear exposition, Quebec filmmaker Denis Cote’s “All That She Wants” tries without success to combine a gritty crime story with a portrait of loneliness. The French title suggests … Continue reading →

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LOCARNO FILM REVIEW: Kirill Serebrennikov’s ‘Yuri’s Day’

Posted on August 14, 2008 by admin

By Ray Bennett LOCARNO, Switzerland – Reality takes a back seat in Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov’s puzzling fable “Yuri’s Day,” in which an internationally famous opera star abandons everything to become the incarnation of Mother Russia. Intriguing at first, the … Continue reading →

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LOCARNO FILM REVIEW: Lance Daly’s ‘Kisses’

Posted on August 13, 2008 by admin

By Ray Bennett LOCARNO, Switzerland – Two little Irish kids flee their abusive homes on a bleak estate and ride a barge into the center of Dublin for a night of adventure and stark terror in Lance Daly’s captivating feature … Continue reading →

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LOCARNO FILM REVIEW: Denis Rebaglia’s ‘Marcello, Marcello’

Posted on August 13, 2008 by admin

By Ray Bennett LOCARNO, Switzerland – Swiss director Denis Rebaglia’s romantic comedy “Marcello, Marcello” has a terminal case of the cutes as it relates the fable of a young man wooing his beloved on a Neapolitan island in the 1950s. … Continue reading →

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LOCARNO FILM REVIEW: Alessandro Baricco’s ‘Lecture 21’

Posted on August 12, 2008 by admin

By Ray Bennett LOCARNO, Switzerland – Italian director Alessandro Baricco’s English-language “Lecture 21” is a treat for lovers of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and filmgoers who enjoy sumptuous images accompanied by splendid music. The film explores the substance of a fictional … Continue reading →

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LOCARNO FILM REVIEW: Josue Mendez’s ‘Dioses (Gods)’

Posted on August 12, 2008 by admin

By Ray Bennett LOCARNO, Switzerland – Peruvian director Josue Mendez offers a pungent essay on the spoiled rich of his native land in “Dioses,” which tells of two restless siblings dealing with their stern industrialist father and his sexy new … Continue reading →

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LOCARNO FILM REVIEW: Noh Young-Seok’s ‘Daytime Drinking’

Posted on August 11, 2008 by admin

By Ray Bennett LOCARNO, Switzerland – The title of Korean newcomer Noh Young-Seok’s first feature, “Daytime Drinking,” clunks like a cracked glass but it’s a spirited concoction full of surprises and dry rewards. It’s a wry tale about the perils … Continue reading →

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LOCARNO FILM REVIEW: Jacob Berger’s ‘1 journee’

Posted on August 14, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett LOCARNO, Switzerland – In one sense it’s not a long day that errant husband Serge (played by Bruno Todeschini, pictured) spends in Jacob Berger’s cautionary tale “1 journee,” but in another it could last a lifetime. Having … Continue reading →

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LOCARNO FILM REVIEW: Roser Aguilar’s ‘The Best of Me’

Posted on August 13, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett LOCARNO, Switzerland — Barcelona director Roser Aguilar has taken a familiar yarn of young lives being interrupted by serious illness and spun it into something satisfyingly tart and unsentimental in “The Best of Me” (Lo mejor de … Continue reading →

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LOCARNO FILM REVIEW: Bernard Emond’s ‘Summit Circle’

Posted on August 10, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett LOCARNO, Switzerland — In “Summit Circle” (“Contre toute esperance”), Quebec director Bernard Emond continues his trilogy on faith, hope and charity with another moving drama about good people trying to find their way in a world of … Continue reading →

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