Under Southern Eyes – A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.

The Wizard of the Kremlin: a shopping list of events in recent Russian history, shorn of their context and lacking in real people

Olivier Assayas, “The Wizard of the Kremlin” (2025) Based on the novel of the same

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Michele Mally, “Taboo – Egon Schiele” (2026) In this lively documentary on the life of

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Lan Hongchun, “Dear You” (2026) Made on a budget equivalent to US$2.06 million or nearly

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Daniel Roher, “Tuner” (2015) The notion that a piano tuner and a safe-cracking expert can

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Kane Parsons “Backrooms” (2026) Originally an Internet phenomenon that appeared on the imageboard website 4chan

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Thierry Klifa, “The Richest Woman in the World” (2025) This film by Thierry Klifa is

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Rebecca Zlotowski, “Vie Privée” (“A Private Life”) (2026) Billed as a crime / mystery thriller,

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Simona Risi, “Hitler’s Big Fear – The Trial of Degenerate Art” (2026) Centred on a

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François Ozon, “L’Étranger” (2025) The third film adaptation of Albert Camus’s famous novel, and the

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Cédric Klapisch “La Venue de l’avenir” / “The Colours of Time” (2025) A derelict country

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