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Michael Pattison

Michael Pattison is a writer, film critic, tutor, programmer, and filmmaker from Gateshead. He is currently Creative Director of Alchemy Film & Arts in Hawick, Scotland.

Seville European Film Festival 2015: The Other Side, The Academy of the Muses, & No Cow on the Ice

Seville Film Festival 2015: The Other Side, The Academy of Muses, & More

by Michael Pattison
November 14, 2015

The Seville European Film Festival has no qualms with including international co-productions in its regular lineup.

Viennale 2015: And If I Die, I Won't Stay Dead, The Thoughts That Once We Had, and The Exquisite Corpus

Viennale 2015: And If I Die, I Won’t Stay Dead, The Thoughts That Once We Had, and The Exquisite Corpus

by Michael Pattison
November 10, 2015

Thom Andersen approaches pre-existing footage as an increasingly viable option when it comes to affordable experimentation in the digital age.

Curtocircuíto 2015: Volonté, Brain Story, Rorschach #1, & More

Curtocircuíto 2015: Volonté, Brain Story, Rorschach #1, & More

by Michael Pattison
October 11, 2015

This festival in Galicia, northwest Spain, demonstrates a canny knack for curating thematically coherent shorts programs, emphasizing quality over quantity.

Manaki Brothers Film Festival 2015: Pepi & Muto, Macbeth, Land and Shade, & More

Manaki Brothers Film Festival 2015: Pepi i Muto, Macbeth, Land and Shade, & More

by Michael Pattison
September 26, 2015

Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth is most compelling when advancing its familiar plot through associative editing.

Locarno Film Festival 2015: Recollection, Machine Gun or Typewriter?, Night Without Distance, & More

Locarno 2015: Recollection, Machine Gun or Typewriter?, & More

by Michael Pattison
August 16, 2015

It’s with a combination of curiosity, excitement, and concern that one approaches a new project by such an obvious talent as Lois Patiño.

Locarno Film Festival 2015: James White, No Home Movie, & Keeper

Locarno Film Festival 2015: James White, No Home Movie, & Keeper

by Michael Pattison
August 10, 2015

How wonderful it is to watch a film that pays attention to life’s finer textures.

Locarno Film Festival 2015: Schneider vs. Bax, Dark in the White Light, & Junior Bonner

Locarno Film Festival 2015: Schneider vs. Bax, Dark in the White Light, & Junior Bonner

by Michael Pattison
August 9, 2015

The real test of a festival must, at some point, come down to the strength of its new titles.

Project of the Century

Rotterdam 2015: The Project of the Century, Conquering China, White Coal, & More

by Michael Pattison
January 29, 2015

The 45th edition of IFFR will be the first in nine years without current artistic director Rutger Wolfson at the helm.

Locarno Film Festival 2014: Sleeping Giant, Kookaburra Love, Single Stream, The Iron Ministry, & More

Locarno Film Festival 2014: Sleeping Giant, Kookaburra Love, The Iron Ministry, & More

by Michael Pattison
August 18, 2014

Andrew Cividino’s short film Sleeping Giant shares The Dirties’s themes of bullying and peer pressure.

Industrial Revolution

IndieLisboa 2014: Industrial Revolution, Same River Twice, Iranien & More

by Michael Pattison
May 7, 2014

On the festival circuit at least, every calendar year starts with a bang.

Stray Dogs

Viennale 2013: Stray Dogs, La Última Pelicula, Sto Lyko, & More

by Michael Pattison
November 7, 2013

As a kind of “festival of festivals,” the Viennale is one of the most esteemed fixtures in the world-cinema circuit.

Viennale 2013: Vic + Flo Saw a Bear, Gold, Demolition, Three Landscapes, & Our Sunhi

Viennale 2013: Vic + Flo Saw a Bear, Gold, Demolition, & More

by Michael Pattison
November 1, 2013

Nailing the feel of a place through precise lighting isn’t a problem for South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo.

Locarno Film Festival 2013: Story of My Death, Costa da Morte, The Unity of All Things, How to Disappear Completely, El Futuro, & More

Locarno Film Festival 2013: Story of My Death, Costa da Morte, & More

by Michael Pattison
August 19, 2013

For the 11 days over which the 66th Locarno Film Festival took place, the Swiss city was a colony of leopards.

Locarno Film Festival 2013: When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism, Exhibition, & More

Locarno Film Festival 2013: When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism, Exhibition, & More

by Michael Pattison
August 9, 2013

Exhibition is a pained and probing study of a couple’s declining marriage.

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