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Northern European Cinema

A collection of 10 posts

'Light Light Light' - Inari Niemi's Finnish queer film

'Light Light Light' - Inari Niemi's Finnish queer film

The world can be made or broken on the lips of one person.

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: Dark Paradise

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: Dark Paradise

One of the most discussed Estonian films of the year, Dark Paradise is a strange beast from one of the country’s most promising and rising young talents, Triin Ruumet. The 35-year-old’s second feature doesn’t tiptoe around such complex and controversial topics like Neo-Nazism, kink, BDSM, and half-sibling

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: Hada & The Writer

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: Hada & The Writer

The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PӦFF) runs in-person in Tallinn, Estonia from November 3-19. The Boston Hassle’s Joshua Polanski will be reviewing and interviewing live from Estonia as part of his multi-outlet coverage of the festival. Be sure to check out his website for updates on additional coverage.

Boston Baltic Film Festival Interview: Director Linda Olte on Sisters

Boston Baltic Film Festival Interview: Director Linda Olte on Sisters

Of the 10 films I saw at the Boston Baltic Film Festival, Sisters will probably be the first I return to when it (hopefully) hits streaming one day. If my recommendation means anything to you, there are still a few days to catch it on the festival’s site. A

Boston Baltic Film Festival Dispatch #5: Mariupolis 2, Accidental Santa

Boston Baltic Film Festival Dispatch #5: Mariupolis 2, Accidental Santa

The Boston Baltic Film Festival ran in-person from Friday, 3/3 through Sunday, 3/5 at the Emerson Paramount Center, and will continue virtually through 3/19. Click here for the schedule and ticket info, and watch the site for Joshua Polanski’s continuing coverage! “Also, I got gas poisoning,

Boston Baltic Film Festival Interview: Director Uģis Olte on <i>Upurga</i>

Boston Baltic Film Festival Interview: Director Uģis Olte on <i>Upurga</i>

The Boston Baltic Film Festival runs from Friday, 3/3 through Sunday, 3/5 at the Emerson Paramount Center, and through 3/19 virtually. Click here for the schedule and ticket info, and watch the site for Joshua Polanski’s continuing coverage! In one of my favorite films from the

Boston Baltic Film Festival Dispatch #4: Melchior the Apothecary, Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost

Boston Baltic Film Festival Dispatch #4: Melchior the Apothecary, Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost

Poised detective yarns, these old-fashioned populist films are designed to maximize the emotional enjoyment of large audiences while also allowing space for virtue veneration and development.

Boston Baltic Film Festival Dispatch #3: Sisters, January

Boston Baltic Film Festival Dispatch #3: Sisters, January

Sisters is one of the festival’s most essential films.

Boston Baltic Film Festival Dispatch #2: Neon Spring, Tree of Eternal Life

Boston Baltic Film Festival Dispatch #2: Neon Spring, Tree of Eternal Life

Fortunately for Laine, and undermining the meteorological skills of Punxsutawney Phil, winter doesn’t last forever.

Boston Baltic Film Festival Dispatch #1: Upurga, Kalev

Boston Baltic Film Festival Dispatch #1: Upurga, Kalev

Sometimes we find memorable images in the wrong places.