Alps – Starring Aggeliki Papoulia, Ariane Labed, and Aris Servetalis. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Originally published June 12, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Alps plays the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 19, 2012. It does not yet have an Australian release date. This review was first run during the Sydney Film Festival. Following on from his Oscar-nominated freak-fest Dogtooth, it was expected Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Alps would similarly […]
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Nothing compares to you – Alps review (Sydney Film Festival)
June 12, 2012 
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Alps – Starring Aggeliki Papoulia, Ariane Labed, and Aris Servetalis. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. By Simon Miraudo. Alps plays the Sydney Film Festival on June 13, 2012. It does not yet have an Australian release date. Following on from his Oscar-nominated freak-fest Dogtooth, it was expected Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Alps would similarly evade easy explanation. Lesser […]
Continue readingOne of the animals – Attenberg review
March 28, 2012 0 Comments
Attenberg – Starring Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, and Giorgos Lanthimos. Directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. Rated MA. By Hilary Simmons. Attenberg is now available on DVD. Attenberg will appeal to you if you like architecture, animal documentaries, and awkwardly choreographed dance sequences. The title comes from the wildlife films of Sir David Attenborough – who surely […]
Continue readingSydney Film Festival – Video Interview: Athina Rachel Tsangari (Attenberg)
June 19, 2011 0 Comments
We spoke with Athina Rachel Tsangari, writer/director of Attenberg, at the 2011 Sydney Film Festival. Check out our chat below! You can read the full transcript of our interview here. Discuss: Did you catch Attenberg at SFF?
Continue readingSydney Film Festival – Interview: Athina Rachel Tsangari (Attenberg)
June 12, 2011 1 Comment
Interview: Athina Rachel Tsangari (Attenberg). By Simon Miraudo. Attenberg is the new film from Athina Rachel Tsangari, producer of last year’s controversial black comedy Dogtooth, and it’s becomes apparent early on that it is cut from the same cloth. One of the most talked about films of the 2011 Sydney Film Festival, it stars Ariane Labed […]
Continue readingSydney Film Festival – Day Two
June 9, 2011 0 Comments
Sydney Film Festival – Day Two. By Simon Miraudo. I take no pleasure in telling you that I got lost on the way to a screening of Sykt Lykkelig’s Norwegian comedy Happy Happy. So lost, in fact, I actually missed out on seeing the film altogether. Set to begin 6pm at Event Cinemas, I left the […]
Continue readingThe 2011 Sydney Film Festival line-up revealed
May 11, 2011 0 Comments
The complete lineup of flicks playing at this year’s Sydney Film Festival has been revealed, with Joe Wright’s Hanna announced as the opening night film. Mike Mills’ Beginners will close the fest. Two Cannes-bound Aussie movies – Julia Leigh’s Sleeping Beauty and Ivan Sen’s Toomelah – will screen in the festival’s official competition. They will compete […]
Continue readingIs Attenberg the new Dogtooth?
April 19, 2011 2 Comments
Alright, you got us Rotten Tomatoes. Suggesting any film as “this year’s Dogtooth” is a sure fire way of sparking our interest in a movie, which is precisely what they said of Greek drama Attenberg. Heading to Sydney for the 2011 Film Festival, the trailer for Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg suggests a similarly complex and […]
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