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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

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (2025) 95% 70/100 EDIT “'The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo' is a welcome mix of Western tropes and queer drama, not always realized to its fullness; it still works as a deeply empowering story of an era (the AIDS epidemic).” – Film Is A Fine Affair Jan 11, 2026 Full Review Roads of Fire (2025) 80/100 EDIT “Thoughtful and very straightforward in its portrayal of the immigrant experience, “Roads of Fire” investigates the life paths its subjects take as an empathetic course, leading the audience into seemingly simple decisions with harrowing consequences. ” – High on Films Nov 3, 2025 Full Review Blue Film (2025) 90% 80/100 EDIT “This is a film powerfully calculated to give the most challenging content under the most intimate settings. ” – High on Films Aug 21, 2025 Full Review Sudan, Remember Us (2024) 100% 80/100 EDIT ““Sudan, Remember Us” is a well-positioned chronicle that has its heart and voice in the right place, unlike the overall political situation in this distinctive African country. It can empower and inform people.” – High on Films Jul 31, 2025 Full Review Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (2025) 98% 80/100 EDIT “Marlee Matlin is a multifaceted character (actress, activist), and her portrayal should address all those aspects in a measured and justified way. 'Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore' does this competently and with calm passion.” – Film Is A Fine Affair Jun 26, 2025 Full Review Lesbian Space Princess (2025) 98% 80/100 EDIT “A witty and fast-paced satire of the need for women's empowerment (even after the #metoo movement)” – Zippy Frames Jun 11, 2025 Full Review ¡Quba! (2025) EDIT “ A sprightly, LGBTQ+ encouraging documentary” – High on Films Apr 28, 2025 Full Review The Problem of the Hero (2023) 93% 60/100 EDIT “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) 83% 70/100 EDIT “ “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 EDIT “ 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) 76% 75/100 EDIT “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) 89% 70/100 EDIT “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) 96% EDIT “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 EDIT “Coolly appealing and executed with flair.” – Film Is A Fine Affair Sep 1, 2024 Full Review Apocalypsis (2018) EDIT “Apocalypsis has some impressive sequences, its mission is commendable and its implementation capable enough.” – Zippy Frames Jun 17, 2024 Full Review Guy Friends (2024) 86% EDIT “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 EDIT “'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) 89% 70/100 EDIT “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) 90% 80/100 EDIT “Anarchically charming, cleverly empathetic, and overwhelmingly relatable.” – Zippy Frames May 3, 2024 Full Review Anselm (2023) 98% 55/100 EDIT “"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 EDIT “Translates all its misery predicament into investigative questioning” – Film Is A Fine Affair Dec 23, 2023 Full Review Mysterious Ways (2023) 50% EDIT “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 EDIT “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 EDIT “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 EDIT “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
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