Tanaz Eshaghian on Getting a Measure of Justice in “An Eye for an Eye”
The director discusses tracking a compelling case in Iran involving a wife and mother who killed her abusive husband and finds her own life on the line.
Locarno Film Fest 2026 Review: The Good Lord’s Name is Taken in Vain in Peter Brunner’s Moving “Down the Arm of God”
Caleb Landry Jones simmers as a pastor who hopes to provide shelter to the homeless against the wishes of his flock in this provocative drama.
Locarno Film Fest 2026 Review: Vincent Grashaw’s “Bruton” Makes a Great Escape from Prison Narratives
Theo Rossi sneaks out of jail and into the heart with this thoughtful and feisty drama about a drug dealer in Florida with an unfair sentence.
Locarno Film Fest 2026 Review: A Skate Videographer Tries to Get Her Life in Line in Erin Vassilopoulos’ Gloriously Gritty “Destroy All Girls”
The "Superior" director reteams with one of its stars Ani Mesa-Perez for this compelling coming-of-age tale set in the world of rollerblading.
Locarno Film Fest 2026 Review: Mohanad Yaqubi’s “Revolutionaries Never Die” Offers a Transcendent Exchange With the Legendary Lebanese Filmmaker Jocelyne Saab
After devoting a career to exposing the fallacy of borders, a tribute to the late filmmaker Jocelyn Saab shows the likely eternal prescience of her work.
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Locarno Film Fest 2026 Review: Love Can Be a Curse in Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña’s Spellbinding “Donkey Princess”
The directors of "The Wolf House" continue to find a unique path between animation and live-action with a considerate drama on the pain love can bring.
Locarno Film Fest 2026 Review: Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh’s “Les Yeux Verts (The Green Eyes)” Offers a Unique Vision on the Plight of Immigrants
A tale of Turkish refugee trying to hold her family together in France shows no one is doing social realism quite like the directors of "Gagarine."
Cato Kusters on a Beautiful Union in “Julian”
The director talks about her heartrending debut about a real-life couple's quest to get married in every country they legally could.
