Black Nights Latest Reviews

Falling Into Place
Falling Into Place
A romance between two people, who met too briefly over a winter weekend while on the run from themselves.
Tentigo
Tentigo
Absurdist comedy that sees a family try to cope after the patriarch dies with an erection that won't go away.
The Old Man And The Land
The Old Man And The Land
As the old man goes about his day to day toil on the land, his children squabble over its future.
La Chimera
La Chimera
The story of a group of archaeologists and the black market in historical artefacts.
The Promised Land
The Promised Land
In 1755, the impoverished Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer the harsh, uninhabitable Danish heath with a seemingly impossible goal; to build a colony in the name of the King.
20 Days In Mariupol
20 Days In Mariupol
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war’s atrocities.
The Delinquents
The Delinquents
Two bank staff rob their own establishment.
Perfect Days
Perfect Days
The story of an urban renewal project which involves the creation of 17 public toilets in key locations in the Japanese capital.
Ferrari
Ferrari
It's the summer of 1957 and Ferrari is in crisis, both in his business and personal life. He decides to take a gamble on a race, the Mille Miglia.
All Of Us Strangers
All Of Us Strangers
A screenwriter embarks on a relationship with a neighbour at the same time as making a journey into his troubled past.
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Features

Now is now
Wim Wenders on Yasujirō Ozu, Anselm Kiefer, Ingeborg Bachmann and Perfect Days
Unconscious symbolism
Wendy Chuck on Alexander Payne’s multiple Golden Globe-winning The Holdovers
Taking flight
Alexander Payne on WC Fields, Artie Shaw and The Holdovers composer Mark Orton
Layers of mystery
llker Çatak in conversation on Oscar shortlisted The Teachers’ Lounge, Wim Wenders, and the films that inspired him
What’s in a name?
Alexander Payne on Paul Giamatti, Carrie Preston, Westward The Women and The Holdovers
From the inside out
Wendy Chuck on Alexander Payne’s multiple Golden Globe-nominated The Holdovers
Enjoy the trip
Uri Marantz on making King Khat.. and why it's not a documentary
A gran plan
Karl R Hearne on The G's inspiration, those who target the old and the portrayal of female sexuality as a radical act
Personal politics
Romas Zabarauskas on political debate and identity in The Writer
Circus attraction
Gust Van den Berghe on world creation and comedy with weight in The Magnet Man
Putting The G in Vengeance
Dale Dickey on her role as a gran bent on revenge and the resolution of the actors' strike
A sporting chance
Julia Fuhr Mann on exploring athletic bias and looking beyond the binary in Life Is Not A Competition, But I'm Winning
A series of tonal decisions
Todd Haynes on May December
A smouldering story
Thomas Schubert on imposter syndrome and tonal ambiguity in Afire
Targets of desire
Christian Petzold on An Affair To Remember, summers and Afire
The eyes of the world
Alex Winter on the changing social media landscape and The YouTube Effect
Steeling the Blade
Inodchine star Vincent Perez on being back behind and in front of the camera with duelling drama
In his mind
Christian Petzold on summer movies and Afire
Disembodied
Reuben Hamlyn on non-consensual deepfake pornography and Another Body
Heat and light
Anna Hints on capturing the soul of the Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Hitting back at domestic abuse
Spanish writer-director Iciar Bollain talks about her award-winning film Take My Eyes

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