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Elena Lazic

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Young Mothers (2025) 95% C EDIT “It is a shame that the film does not know what to do with this dichotomy between the innocence and self-absorption of childhood, and the requirement that these girls enter public society, other than repeatedly bringing it to our attention.” – The Playlist May 29, 2025 Full Review Alpha (2025) 56% A EDIT “ Through its complex structure, formed of different timelines and split realities, uncanny dreams and blurred memories, “Alpha” viscerally teases out the binds of love and trauma.” – The Playlist May 20, 2025 Full Review The Richest Woman in the World (2025) C+ EDIT “ Klifa’s film — rather blandly directed and with a few awkward cuts, but full of carefully judged performances — nonetheless deploys a satisfyingly intricate view of the mechanisms of manipulation, showing just how far those controlling tentacles can go.” – The Playlist May 19, 2025 Full Review Nouvelle Vague (2025) 91% D EDIT “...Linklater’s vision of the New Wave scene is too simplistic and unconvincing to truly make a dent in this precious imaginary. It is also too niche and too broad to possibly make any impact.” – The Playlist May 19, 2025 Full Review Miroirs No. 3 (2025) 94% C+ EDIT “After the film elegantly sets its mechanisms in motion, we are left to watch the cogs turn without a hitch, but also without much surprise. ” – The Playlist May 17, 2025 Full Review Eddington (2025) 68% A EDIT “...“Eddington” is also more rigorous and explicit in its political engagement —the work of a maturing filmmaker eager to make it clear that his dark and scathing sense of humor is anything but an empty provocation.” – The Playlist May 17, 2025 Full Review The Plague (2025) 97% C EDIT “...“The Plague” is a movie-movie, rather than a genuinely searching or affecting film about that most awkward age when fitting in with a group can seem like the most important thing in the world. ” – The Playlist May 16, 2025 Full Review Case 137 (2025) 92% B EDIT “But while the film’s play with storytelling and perspective is extremely satisfying in purely cinematic terms, “Case 137” might be most keenly appreciated as a shrewd and incredibly involved way to tell cops not to take “ACAB” so personally. ” – The Playlist May 15, 2025 Full Review Sound of Falling (2025) 95% B+ EDIT “...Schilinski’s sophomore feature is most effective and moving on a human scale. A dissociative film, it recreates the febrile sensation of a mind splintered by too many painful truths...” – The Playlist May 14, 2025 Full Review Last Summer (2023) 87% A EDIT “Catherine Breillat’s film is devastating because it exposes at the heart of a seemingly normal family a black hole where empathy should be.” – The Playlist Jun 27, 2024 Full Review What a Feeling (2024) EDIT “From a familiar set of tropes, Rohrer crafts an intelligent if rather predictable portrait of women in middle age who still have a lot to learn -- but also a lot to feel, enjoy and experience, about themselves and the world.” – Cineuropa Mar 28, 2024 Full Review She Looks Like Me (2024) 50% EDIT “Director Torquil Jones has a light touch over material that could have been framed in a much more explosive and sensationalistic manner.” – Cineuropa Mar 21, 2024 Full Review Edge of Summer (2024) 80% EDIT “While we can salute the ambition behind the film’s bold concept, it is a shame to see an intriguing idea so muddled in the telling.” – Cineuropa Mar 14, 2024 Full Review The Home Game (2023) EDIT “Although the project is led by an infectious can-do spirit, it isn’t without some awkwardness, which the filmmakers thankfully choose not to conceal: seeing this [group] overcome whatever shame or shyness they might feel is genuinely inspiring.” – Cineuropa Mar 14, 2024 Full Review The Empty Grave (2024) EDIT “The image of families waiting generations for their slain elders to return home remains seared in the memory.” – Cineuropa Mar 1, 2024 Full Review My Summer with Irene (2024) EDIT “My Summer with Irène [is] an ultimately rather conventional coming-of-age film relying more on character tropes than it initially appears to.” – Cineuropa Feb 22, 2024 Full Review Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande (2022) 70% EDIT “The most striking moments of the film, however, remain the testimonies of the band members themselves: it is hard not to be moved seeing them interviewed now about their work, and celebrated by legions of fans of all ages.” – Cineuropa Feb 15, 2024 Full Review Your Fat Friend (2023) 83% EDIT “The film pulls on our heartstrings, as though unsure that its ideas could convince us on their own.” – Cineuropa Feb 9, 2024 Full Review Sebastian (2024) 76% EDIT “While the film expertly builds suspense around Max’s project getting increasingly out of hand, it is difficult to feel moved by his story because we can easily imagine how it will end.” – Cineuropa Feb 8, 2024 Full Review Brief History of a Family (2024) 92% EDIT “The debut feature from Chinese director Jianjie Lin... skillfully builds up suspense and a fascinating, morbid intensity by showing in minute detail how easy it can be to let societal demands for excellence threaten even the most sacred bonds.” – Cineuropa Jan 25, 2024 Full Review The End We Start From (2023) 89% EDIT “It’s a realistic vision of the social and infrastructural collapse scientists worldwide have been warning us about for a while now, and which is already underway in less privileged areas of the globe.” – Cineuropa Jan 19, 2024 Full Review Together 99 (2023) 71% EDIT “So many decisions that speak more of an apparent fear of offence and a terribly cliched vision of life in middle age, than of the hope and affection we could expect from the director of the magical original film.” – Cineuropa Nov 3, 2023 Full Review Shame on Dry Land (2023) EDIT “Petersén crafts a tight and engrossing thriller that calls back to 1970s neo-noir American films in the way it uses a crime story to look into the moral and psychological makeup of a protagonist both created by and at odds with his environment. ” – Cineuropa Sep 22, 2023 Full Review Je'vida (2023) 86% EDIT “The film is ultimately more a document of atrocities than a portrait of its titular protagonist. ” – Cineuropa Sep 21, 2023 Full Review The Tundra Within Me (2023) 88% EDIT “The Tundra Within Me opts for a more conventional, sincere perspective that fails to convince, but its exploration of difficult ideas around a person’s place in their community remains worthwhile. ” – Cineuropa Sep 21, 2023 Full Review
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