Nothing compares to you – Alps review

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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Alps wins top prize at Sydney Film Festival

The winner of the 59th Sydney Film Festival’s Official Competition was announced yesterday. Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Alps was named by the jury as the best of the fest, beating out heavy competition from Sundance hit Beasts of the Southern Wild and Cate Shortland‘s long-anticipated Lore. Lanthimos’ Alps is the Greek director’s follow-up to Oscar nominated Dogtooth, […]

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Nothing compares to you – Alps review (Sydney Film Festival)

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 […]

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The 10 most exciting films of 2012

The 10 most exciting films of 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Apocalyptic Mayan prophecies be damned; we’re mighty excited for 2012. Not only will we get to see if Roland Emmerich’s vision of complete tectonic-destruction comes true (might be fun?), but we’ll also be treated to a batch of awesome-sounding feature films in the lead-up. Here […]

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Teaser Debut: Alps (from the director of Dogtooth)

The teaser for Alps – Yorgos Lanthimos‘ follow-up to his Oscar nominated nutfest Dogtooth – has arrived online. Wonderfully enigmatic and appropriately bizarre, the trailer offers nothing in the way of plot, but will surely excite those who were transfixed by the horrendous and peculiar events of Lanthimos’ previous flick. According to IndieWire, Alps concerns “a […]

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Sydney Film Festival – Interview: Athina Rachel Tsangari (Attenberg)

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 […]

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Family affair – Dogtooth review

Dogtooth – Starring Aggeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni and Christos Stergioglou. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Rated R. By Simon Miraudo. Understanding Dogtooth requires an understanding of the craziest, cruelest, most debauched experiments ever undertaken in human history. It tells the story of a deranged married couple who keep their three adult children confined within their isolated […]

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