Editorial
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Ulrich Seidl’s Sparta and the question of ethics in filmmaking
ETHICS: The first season of Ji.hlava's IDFF Conference of Ethics in Filmmaking was a necessary conversation around the need for common ethical principles in documentary filmmaking.
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Jean-Luc Godard: Death was waiting
CINEMA: Four films and two books – can they capture something about this newly dead legend of cinema? Let me try, especially with Godard’s intellectual autobiography and two new films about him.
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We must activate our voices for Iran!
The Norwegian-Iranian filmmaker #Ali Parandian# is the man behind the petition «The Nordic Film Community stand with protesters in Iran». The petition has so far collected 417 (per 16.10.22) signatures. We have #Joachim Trier# from Norway, #Thomas Vinterberg# from Denmark and #Ali Abbasi# from Sweden on the list, just to mention a few. This is…
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The cultural identity of the displaced
IDENTITY: In two Nordisk Panorama-screened films, a growing number of second-generation immigrants express how they do not feel truly included in their European birth countries.
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Embracing femininity as a form of empowerment
FEMININITY: Two films from Nordisk Panorama observe groups of women going against social conventions in claiming back youth on their own terms.
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Two testaments over life
HELL: Is it possible to simultaneously touch on four major themes, such as sin and evil, the desire for knowledge and conquest, relationships and competition, or the fear of death itself? Let me try in this essay – about Thomas Hylland Eriksen and Dante.
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The war – and the crowd
EDITORIAL: As MODERN TIMES REVIEW editor, I publish a selection of articles that may reflect different opinions most people (the crowd) have about the war in Ukraine.
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The romanticisation of lived reality under the totalitarian régime
DARK RED FOREST: The director leaves us only to guess his true intention – honesty or paying lip service to the propaganda?
september, 2026
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