Kaurismaki’s confident first solo feature already contains the hallmarks of his sober, deadpan style, in the guise of a loose adaptation of Dostoevsky’s famous text.
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Crime and Punishment (1983)
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Tag / Finland
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Compartment No. 6 (2021)
Kuosmanen’s wintry sophomore feature will satisfy patient viewers looking for a rewarding road trip (on tracks) as a disheartened Finnish woman acquaints with a feisty Russian man whilst travelling on a train from Moscow to Murmansk.
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Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki, The (2016)
Kuosmanen’s debut feature, shot in poetic black-and-white, is a nuanced romance film masquerading as a boxing movie.
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Man Without a Past, The (2002)
Continue reading →The second film of Kaurismäki’s ‘Finland’ trilogy could be one of his most mature works, achieving a fine balance between the driest of humour and the most encompassing of compassion.
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
Continue reading →This minor work is also the weakest film in Kaurismaki’s “Finland” trilogy, taking itself more seriously than it ought to be.
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Continue reading →A compassionate if often amusing film centering on a couple facing unemployment that sees Kaurismäki in his own element.
Other Side of Hope, The (2017)
Continue reading →Takes a while to set off, but when it does, the film is Kaurismäki at his deadpan comedic best, with a touch of empathy for its characters.
Calamari Union (1985)
Continue reading →A gang of shades-wearing weirdos attempt to create meaning out of a meaningless existence in this uneven absurdist work of comic nihilism.
Eternality Tan 