Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Tallinn Black Nights Review: Ulbolsyn
The English-language dominance in UK cinemas means that we’re only ever exposed to a limited and often narrow range of European cinema. Whilst you’d expect this to be the best of the best, licencing is often down to other factors such as cast, crew and distribution deals. The further east you go within the continent, …
Tallinn Black Nights Review: Kindred
Class has been a large part of British society for generations. Whilst the upper-classes may now be struggling to pay for their stately homes, if they haven’t already sold them off to the National Trust, they’re still living a life full of privilege and opportunity. However, the fragmenting of the landed gentry and degrading of …
Tallinn Black Lights Review: This Town
When it comes to offbeat, outlandish and unlikely humour, there are few countries in the world that can hold a torch to New Zealand. Whether that’s the ‘90s slapstick of Peter Jackson’s Braindead and Bad Taste, the gentler humour of Eagle Vs Shark or Hunt for the Wilderpeople or the madcap horror of Housebound or …
Tallinn Black Nights Review: My Favourite War
Whilst so much has been said, written and shot about World War II, most of it has largely concentrated on the Western Front and the Pacific theatre. This is largely due to who is speaking, writing and filming and where their audience resides. Unless you’re from that arena, the conflict on the Eastern front is …
Tallinn Black Nights Review: Fugitive Dreams
There’s something distinctly American about the road movie. Whether that stems from the likes of Jack Kerouac heading out On the Road or the tradition of freighthopping which has taken generations of Americans far and wide across the country; in search of jobs, a new home or simply temporary shelter. More than just a means …
Tallinn Black Nights Review: Enfant Terrible
As the saying goes, the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long. That was certainly the case with one of Germany’s greatest film directors. Rainer Werner Fassbinder made his first feature film in 1969 at the age of twenty-four. Thirteen years and Twenty-two films later, he was found dead in his room. …
Tallinn Black Nights Review: Exemplary Behaviour
Whilst the last resort for the most serious crimes in civilised countries is life imprisonment, that doesn’t mean to say that the bad guys always get their comeuppance. Or if they do, the sentence they deserve. And even if they do face incarceration, they can often halve their time behind bars for ‘good behaviour’. Whilst …