JULIE KEEPS QUIET (JULIE ZWIJGT)
A Cannes favourite earlier this year, Flemish 'me too' tale Julie Keeps Quiet is at heart a short film stretched out to feature length...
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FILM REVIEWS
Feb 24
HOLY ROSITA
Despite an excellent lead performance by actress Daphne Agten, Flemish film Holy Rosita lacks the thematic heft and coherence to make it...
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Nov 4, 2023
WHEN IT MELTS (HET SMELT)
Building up excruciatingly long to a pivotal scene you see coming a mile off, Flemish literary adaptation When It Melts is as predictable...
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Aug 28, 2023
THE MEMORY GAME (HET GEHEUGENSPEL)
As a drinking game about tired old thriller clichés The Memory Game has some mileage in it, but otherwise there’s preciously little to...
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Sep 8, 2022
TORI AND LOKITA
With saintly protagonists and pantomime villains, who are beyond redemption, Tori and Lokita is scarcely believable in all its forced...
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Aug 2, 2022
ZEPPOS: HET MERCATORSPOOR
This failed mix between old-school adventure and modern gadgets is let down the most by a screenplay that lacks charm and coherence. As a...
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May 24, 2022
COOL ABDOUL
This is not a gritty sports drama. It’s a film that leaves the heart cold, the eyes drowsy and the mind bored. Cool Abdoul might be based...
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Nov 22, 2021
UN MONDE (PLAYGROUND)
The strongest movie to come out of Belgium in quite some time effortlessly draws you into a touching, near-documentary tale about...
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