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/slash ½ 2017 – Day 2: El Bar (The Bar)

Posted on September 18, 2017 by cornholio1980

El Bar Spain 2017 Written by Jorge Guerricaechevarría & Álex de la Iglesia Directed by Álex de la Iglesia Watched on 05.05.2017 “The Bar” was the third movie of Álex de la Iglesia that I’ve seen. “Witching & Bitching” was … Continue reading →

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/slash ½ 2017 – Day 2: Ron Goossens, Low Budget Stuntman

Posted on September 17, 2017 by cornholio1980

Ron Goossens, Low Budget Stuntman Netherlands 2016 Written by Steffen Haars & Flip Van der Kuil Directed by Steffen Haars & Flip Van der Kuil Watched on 05.05.2017 I once again had a /slash pass which allowed me to watch … Continue reading →

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/slash ½ 2017 – Day 1: XX

Posted on September 17, 2017 by cornholio1980

XX USA 2017 Written by Jovanka Vuckovic, St. Vincent, Roxanne Benjamin & Karyn Kusama Directed by Jovanka Vuckovic, St. Vincent, Roxanne Benjamin & Karyn Kusama Watched on 04.05.2017 “XX” is a horror anthology which was written and directed exclusively by … Continue reading →

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/slash ½ 2017 – Day 1: Shin Gojira (Shin Godzilla)

Posted on September 16, 2017 by cornholio1980

Shin Godzilla Japan 2016 Written by Hideaki Anno Directed by Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi Watched on 04.05.2017 I’m not really the biggest Kaiju- or Godzilla-nerd. While I saw a couple of them as a kid, they never spoke to … Continue reading →

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/slash ½ 2017 – Day 1: Nong hak (Dearest Sister)

Posted on September 16, 2017 by cornholio1980

Dearest Sister Laos 2016 Written by Christopher Larsen Directed by Mattie Do Watched on 04.05.2017 “Dearest Sister” offered a solid start into this years “/slash ½”-Festival (the shorter, 3-day-offshoot of the main festival, taking place in May). What I liked … Continue reading →

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Identities 2017: Respire (Breathe)

Posted on September 10, 2017 by cornholio1980

Breathe France 2014 Written by Julien Lambroschini & Mélanie Laurent (based on the novel by Anne-Sophie Brasme) Directed by Mélanie Laurent Watched on 15.06.2017 “Respire” was directed by Mélanie Laurent, who is probably better known as an actress than a … Continue reading →

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Identities 2017: AWOL

Posted on September 8, 2017 by cornholio1980

AWOL USA 2016 Written by Deb Shoval & Karolina Waclawiak Directed by Deb Shoval Watched on 14.06.2017 Every film festival has the right to one major fuck-up – and in case of Identities 2017, this was it (to be fair, … Continue reading →

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Identities 2017: Siebzehn (Seventeen)

Posted on September 7, 2017 by cornholio1980

Siebzehn Austria 2017 Written by Monja Art Directed by Monja Art Watched on 13.06.2017 Too bad. While it took me a while to really get into the movie (for example, the acting of the supporting cast was a little amateurish; … Continue reading →

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Identities 2017: Dohee-ya (A Girl At My Door)

Posted on September 6, 2017 by cornholio1980

Dohee-ya South Korea 2014 Written by July Jung Directed by July Jung Watched on 12.06.2017 As a massive fan of “Sense8”, Doona Bae alone was reason enough for me to watch this movie (we have to stand by our cluster, … Continue reading →

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Identities 2017: Zwielicht (Twilight) & Mathias (Mathew)

Posted on September 5, 2017 by cornholio1980

One evening, the Identities film festival played a double bill of Austrian short films about queer subjects, which couldn’t have been more different from each other. Not just because the first one, “Zwielicht”, is almost 40 years old, while “Mathias” … Continue reading →

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