Berlinale 2024: A Different Man
A Different Man is downright ingenious
Berlinale 2024: The Visitor
The Visitor turns into a provocative, seductive, and often funny statement against a patriarchal society
Berlinale 2024: Cuckoo
Like the best genre films of the ‘80s, Cuckoo is a set-piece machine
Berlinale 2024: Love Lies Bleeding
Love Lies Bleeding is unashamedly weird, violent, sexy, and hopeful
Berlinale 2023: Passages
Passages would not work as well as it does if it were not for the rich, sensual texture of its setting.
Berlinale 2023: Bad Living
While Bad Living could easily feel like a one-note psychological drama, it is the subtlety of the performances and moving screenplay that makes this a much more universal watch than one might first think.
Berlinale 2023: Suzume
It is the film’s emotional core that makes Suzume such an engaging and even emotional piece of animation
Berlinale 2023: Inside
Inside does deliver memorable thrills and yet another standout performance by Willem Dafoe.
Berlinale 2023: Past Lives
Past Lives is bound to become a new favorite of melancholic dreamers and lovers separated by destiny.
Berlinale 2023: Perpetrator
It’s purposeful tonal whiplash makes Perpetrator a niche horror film that only a select few will appreciate.
Berlinale 2023: Orlando, My Political Biography
Orlando, My Political Biography is an anti-capitalist, anti-patriarchal, non-binary, colorful ode to Woolf’s book and life.
Berlinale 2023: BlackBerry
BlackBerry loses some steam and falls prey to the trappings of biopics
BERLINALE 2021 - Стоп-Земля (Stop-Zemlia)
Stop-Zemlia is as close as the teenage experience through narrative form as any audience will see
BERLINALE 2021 - Tabija (The White Fortress)
The White Fortress is a grounded, emotionally immersive, and tender depiction of love
BERLINALE 2021 - Mr. Bachmann and His Class
Maria Speth expertly uses long steady shots where one can fully immerse in the several discussions about love, race and integration between Mr. Bachmann and his students
BERLINALE 2021 - Moon, 66 Questions
By providing a strong style with significant substance, Lentzou portrays an honest and stunning portrait of a broken family
BERLINALE 2020 - Victoria
On paper, the combination of ideas in Victoria should be a win for both the filmmaker and the audience, but in execution, these elements refute each other's effects
BERLINALE 2020- The Wolves
Samuel Kishi Leopo's Los Lobos (The Wolves) is a thematically rich and heartbreaking insight into the trials and tribulations of immigration in America
BERLINALE 2020 - Last and First Men
Johann Johannsson’s directorial debut Last and First Men showcases his newfound directorial talents as he brings forth a harrowing vision of the future that may be one of the most beautiful works of art of the last few decades
BERLINALE 2020 - The American Sector
The American Sector is the kind of cinema that can, in a way, delay the unstoppable, hopefully in the form of insightful, empathetic memory instead of a Thanksgiving punchline