Rollicking fun American horror may lack a guttural punch, but isn’t dragged down by its breezier ambitions - from the Glasgow Film Festival [Read More...]
A young Kurdish-German bride-to-be seeks a hymenoplasty in order to gain the trust of her partner and her conservative community, in this simple and authentic drama - in cinemas on Friday, April 26th [Read More...]
Two playwrights disagree on a scene, but this has as much to say about their backgrounds as it does their writing acumen; American drama set 80 years ago highlights some very familiar facets of racism and misogyny [Read More...]
Queer photographer from Germany openly exposed his life in a bid to remove HIV stigma from generations to come - from the Panorama Dokumente section of the Berlinale [Read More...]
Singer-songwriter Judee Sill never received her due, but this documentary shows that the ballads, and the balladeer, are deserving of her listener's attention [Read More...]
Young woman happily marries three brothers in rural Nepal, before a controversial pregnancy disrupts their fragile harmony - from the Official Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]
Filthy Canadian singer based in Berlin celebrates the 20th anniversary of her most transgressive work; she remains as sweaty and sexy as ever - from the Panorama Dokumente section of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]
Isabelle Huppert stars as a grieving policewoman searching for a new meaning in life, in a misfire from octogenarian French auteur André Téchiné - from the Panorama section of the 74th Berlinale [Read More...]
Writer-director brother duo Nathan and Daniel Zellner conjure into existence American folklore creature, the sasquatch, most commonly known as Big Foot - unbelievably realistic film shows at the Berlinale Special [Read More...]
After shockingly dumping her husband-to-be at the altar, African woman starts a new life in Taiwan, in a movie with the visual panache of Wong Kar-Wai - from the Official Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]
Motherly instincts and extreme violence collide to devastating results, in this Scandinoir prison drama from Denmark - in the Official Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]
Young man groomed by Isis returns to his Tunisian family of farmers with a mysterious wife; the woman harbours a dark secret under her purple niqab - from the the Official Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]
Inexperienced theatre director has to "remount" Richard Strauss's Salome after her predecessor suddenly dies, only to realise some macabre parallels with her own personal story - from the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]
Five Italian women living in a Catholic institution join forces in order to confront the establishment, in this extremely cheesy and poorly acted musical - from the Official Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]
Isabelle Huppert stars as a happy-go-lucky and captivating French teacher living in Korea, in Hong Sang-soo’s breezy new drama - from the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]
Four generations of women in Russian-occupied Ukraine explore family trauma and ethnic identity through brutally honest conversations - from the Panorama section ofnthe 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]
Extremely bleak and gruesome Austrian drama with a touch of Carl Dreyer and exec produced by Ulrich Seidl dissects an unhappily married woman as she slowly descends into madness - from the Official Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]
Other Reviews
Another End Gael Garcia Bernal and Renate Reinsve star in this extremely lame and predictable sci-fi from Italy - from the Official Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]
Dahomey Mati Diop's new creation is a deeply poetic rumination on French colonialism; she once again uses the Atlantic Ocean as a dark and sombre watershed - from the Official Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]
Henry Fonda for President Lengthy, in-depth character of the iconic Hollywood actor reveals a subversive, intelligent, and surprisingly self-loathing human being - from the Forum section of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]
La Cocina Americans myths of social integration, freedom and tolerance are bust, seared and broiled in this kitchen from hell - caustic social satire is in the Official Competition of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]
Suspended Time (Hors du Temps) Olivier Assayas's autofictional Covid drama is light and gentle like a spring breeze, however mostly unremarkable - from the 74th Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]