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Vassilis Kroustallis

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Film and Animation critic and professional, alternating between European and independent animation (Zippy Frames) and world cinema (Film Is A Fine Affair) reviews. Found at @vkroustallis

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The Problem of the Hero (2023) 94% 60/100 “Far from a flawless film (some of the scenes border on the repetitive), ‘The Problem of Hero’ is never an uninteresting film and tunes in to offer a spectrum of options on marginalized identities and their literary/cinematic treatment.” – High on Films Mar 27, 2025 Full Review War and Justice (2023) 88% 70/100 “ “War and Justice” feels honest and (guarded) passionate about its subject matter:” – High on Films Feb 15, 2025 Full Review Blitz (2024) 81% 70/100 “ It is honest, sometimes inspired, and empathetic most of the time -in its own, mildly revisionist way.” – Film Is A Fine Affair Dec 9, 2024 Full Review Sebastian (2024) 75% 75/100 “Sebastian' is an ultimately absorbing and a little disturbing film; it makes you root for a character whose ambitions overpower his common human sense.” – Film Is A Fine Affair Oct 27, 2024 Full Review The Summer with Carmen (2023) 88% 70/100 “Thoroughly modern, and contemporary, and presents a view of the Greek gay men scene from the inside out.” – Film Is A Fine Affair Oct 14, 2024 Full Review Merchant Ivory (2023) 95% “Ivory is a living legend, and “Merchant Ivory” does its best to place him and the Merchant Ivory company as one of the cornerstones of US indie filmmaking.” – High on Films Sep 5, 2024 Full Review Quiet Life (2024) 94% 70/100 “Coolly appealing and executed with flair.” – Film Is A Fine Affair Sep 1, 2024 Full Review Apocalypsis (2018) “Apocalypsis has some impressive sequences, its mission is commendable and its implementation capable enough.” – Zippy Frames Jun 17, 2024 Full Review Guy Friends (2024) 87% “It gives this old-time comfortable feeling of relationships that need to go right instead of awry, especially between girls.” – High on Films May 28, 2024 Full Review Flow (2024) 97% 85/100 “'Flow' feels like a real-time exposure to the primal instinct of survival, need, and need for a community build. One of the early, standout animation features of the year” – Zippy Frames May 27, 2024 Full Review Block Pass (2024) 88% 70/100 “In a film that could have been overtly emotional or even impressionistic, Cherollier keeps a hard rein on a realistic take including both his cinematography ( and his scene composition” – Film Is A Fine Affair May 26, 2024 Full Review Art College 1994 (2023) 89% 80/100 “Anarchically charming, cleverly empathetic, and overwhelmingly relatable.” – Zippy Frames May 3, 2024 Full Review Anselm (2023) 98% 55/100 “"Anselm” is (expectedly from Wenders) deeply cinematic and artistic, yet somewhat vacant from a fruitful discussion (visual or otherwise) on art and creation apart from the Godlike creation that presents. ” – High on Films Apr 12, 2024 Full Review Memory (2023) 85% 80/100 “Translates all its misery predicament into investigative questioning” – Film Is A Fine Affair Dec 23, 2023 Full Review Mysterious Ways (2023) 67% “It has genuine faith in the betterment of people and communities along with them” – Film Is A Fine Affair Dec 19, 2023 Full Review Remy & Arletta (2023) 100% 65/100 “It has the look of a DIY film and the nerve of young filmmakers wanting to go beyond the essentials. Worth watching” – Film Is A Fine Affair Oct 30, 2023 Full Review Adventures In The Land Of Asha (2023) 70/100 “Canadian film director and editor Sophie Farkas Bolla crafts a heartwarming (even if settled in familiar territory) tale about difference and acceptance in her feature film, 'Adventures in the Land of Asha'.” – Film Is A Fine Affair Oct 25, 2023 Full Review Tótem (2023) 97% 65/100 “Everything in Lila Avilés' soul-searching, investigating, and heartfelt but not heart-breaking film 'Totem' seems destined to say that luck and chance can work magic ” – Film Is A Fine Affair Oct 25, 2023 Full Review Fremont (2023) 98% 80/100 “The film’s playful melancholy is delicious enough to keep the audience on board with Donya’s emotional travel. ” – High on Films Oct 20, 2023 Full Review Stonewalling (2022) 94% 85/100 “it has a directorial masterplan executed up to the last bit” – High on Films Oct 10, 2023 Full Review A Silence (2023) 81% 80/100 “An unquestionably solid and revealing film” – Film Is A Fine Affair Sep 26, 2023 Full Review Broadway (2022) 88% 70/100 “Sometimes timid in its drama and interactions, but not shortsighted in telling us what the characters feel behind their own performances ” – Film Is A Fine Affair Jun 24, 2023 Full Review White Plastic Sky (2023) 100% 75/100 “Equally bleak and visually enchanting, 'White Plastic Sky' is instrumental in presenting a couple in crisis -mirrored in an overwhelming global malaise.” – Zippy Frames Jun 2, 2023 Full Review Inshallah a Boy (2023) 100% 75/100 “It supports admirably its cause all along and gets us a fresh, insider view of a woman who definitely needs to vigorously assert herself at all costs.” – Film Is A Fine Affair May 20, 2023 Full Review Oink (2022) 100% 70/100 “Luminescent, free-floating, and with the right portion of emotional investment. ” – Zippy Frames Apr 15, 2023 Full Review
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