Jak Luke Sharp 3/18/20 Jak Luke Sharp 3/18/20

BERLINALE 2020 - Irmã (Sisters in the End of the World)

Irmã (Sisters in the End of the World) is a thematically ambivalent and enigmatic drama with an intensely claustrophobic narrative and wonderfully rich performances

Jakub Flasz 3/18/20 Jakub Flasz 3/18/20

BERLINALE 2020 - Berlin Alexanderplatz

Berlin Alexanderplatz is an underwhelming piece that hides its timely thematic landscape beneath a thick layer of tedium

Jak Luke Sharp 3/17/20 Jak Luke Sharp 3/17/20

BERLINALE 2020 - A Common Crime (Un crimen común)

There is a tremendous amount of thematic power incorporated into this picture in subtle nuances that grow and smoulder with a profound conversation on societal pressures

Alexander Holmes 3/16/20 Alexander Holmes 3/16/20

IFFR 2020 - Eden

Over an excessively long runtime of 153 minutes, Eden never picks up steam or shocks the viewer. All one is left with after watching is a rather vapid sense of lifelessness

Paul Anderson 3/15/20 Paul Anderson 3/15/20

SXSW 2020 - We Don't Deserve Dogs

We Don't Deserve Dogs is an engaging and heartfelt documentary

Jak Luke Sharp 3/12/20 Jak Luke Sharp 3/12/20

BERLINALE 2020 - Sisters Apart (Im Feuer)

Im Feuer, while undeniably a traumatic and challenging time, is a film that needs to be seen

Jak Luke Sharp 3/11/20 Jak Luke Sharp 3/11/20

BERLINALE 2020 - Curveball (Ohne Titel)

Quintessentially German at every turn, Naber's film, Curveball, forms a terrific balance of utterly dry farcical humour and a poignantly substantial examination of "what is truth?"

Jakub Flasz 3/10/20 Jakub Flasz 3/10/20

GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - The Sleepwalkers ( Los sonámbulos)

The Sleepwalkers t is not a polite relationship drama about male oppression, but rather a slow-burning intellectual horror film

Jak Luke Sharp 3/10/20 Jak Luke Sharp 3/10/20

BERLINALE 2020 - Jumbo

Jumbo is a beautifully layered, entertaining and profound reinvention of the wheel

Jak Luke Sharp 3/10/20 Jak Luke Sharp 3/10/20

BERLINALE 2020 - If it Were Love (Si c’était de l’amour)

Patric Chiha's Si c'était de l'amour (If It Were Love) is part exploration of queerness during the 1990s rave scene and part art project on human intimacy and isolation

Jak Luke Sharp 3/10/20 Jak Luke Sharp 3/10/20

BERLINALE 2020 - The Woman Who Ran (Domangchin yeoja)

Domangchin yeoja is not necessarily empty but even in its short run time of just over seventy minutes, it barely beckons a thought about the characters involved

Jak Luke Sharp 3/10/20 Jak Luke Sharp 3/10/20

BERLINALE 2020 - Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine (Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino)

Window Boy Would also Like to Have a Submarine often feels flat in its attendance and its demeanour while undoubtedly effective in its theme

Alina Faulds 3/9/20 Alina Faulds 3/9/20

GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Hava, Maryam, Aleysha

The film’s concept has an interesting premise, but it lacks staying power with the generic path of the women’s stories.

Jakub Flasz 3/8/20 Jakub Flasz 3/8/20

BERLINALE 2020 - The Earth is Blue as an Orange

An unnerving and purposefully frustrating portrayal of a war

Jak Luke Sharp 3/8/20 Jak Luke Sharp 3/8/20

BERLINALE 2020 - Anne at 13,000 ft

The emotional weight and layers presented by lead actress Deragh Campbell are incredibly effective with a resulting range undeniably in need of plaudits

Jak Luke Sharp 3/8/20 Jak Luke Sharp 3/8/20

BERLINALE 2020 - Siberia

Siberia fails to evolve into anything more than a dull, dire and flavourless drama

Jak Luke Sharp 3/8/20 Jak Luke Sharp 3/8/20

FRIGHTFEST 2020 - A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio

Consisting of nine distinctive shorts told through a short story of its own via a radio DJ, A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio is nothing short of perfectly hair-raising at every turn