Joonatan is a queer, autistic freelance writer, film juror, and member of FIPRESCI, GALECA, the European Film Academy, the International Film Society Critics Association, the Online Film & Television Association, and the Finnish Critics Association.
★★★ | Boil and trouble
Arriving finally in Finland in a limited capacity due to COVID-19, THE WITCHES is a reasonably faithful adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic novel, both better
★★★★ | Read all about it
NEWS OF THE WORLD, directed by Paul Greengrass, is a delightful and emotionally rewarding revisionist western that knows exactly the story it wants to tell. It’
(DOPE IS DEATH is playing at DocPoint 2021 now.)
★★★★★ | Heartbreaking truths
DOPE IS DEATH, from director Mia Donovan, is a fine example of the power of journalism and intrepid legwork.
★★★★★ | We were here once
(ONCE UPON A TIME IN VENEZUELA is available at DocPoint 2020.)
Once Upon A Time In Venezuela, directed by Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, feels like a fairy
As the abnormality continues, DocPoint arrives just in time to bring much needed perspective into the world. With an online only festival ahead, here are fifteen films I recommend that
★★★ | The middle child
(DISENCHANTMENT continues on Netflix Nordic, January 15th. Full season viewed for review.)
DISENCHANTMENT is an odd duck. It’s not as funny as THE SIMPSONS in its
★★★★ | I’m walkin’ here!
New York is one of the most fascinating cities in the world. It’s an unwieldy behemoth, ever-changing, and never as you’d picture it,
★★ | Generational gap
This is not death, but a rebirth, one could say. After a mostly aimless second season and months of behind the scenes drama, AMERICAN GODS reboots itself into
As the year draws to a close, my Best of 2020 series continues. Yesterday’s article looked back at the documentaries that shook my year, and now, with just a
