The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme: Organ (Ano Hi No Orugan)
Emiko Hiramatsu's Ano Hi No Orugan (Organ) is a delightfully crafted and delicately produced drama
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
BERLINALE 2020 - Berlin Alexanderplatz
Berlin Alexanderplatz is an underwhelming piece that hides its timely thematic landscape beneath a thick layer of tedium
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
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
SXSW 2020 - We Don't Deserve Dogs
We Don't Deserve Dogs is an engaging and heartfelt documentary
BERLINALE 2020 - Sisters Apart (Im Feuer)
Im Feuer, while undeniably a traumatic and challenging time, is a film that needs to be seen
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?"
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
BERLINALE 2020 - Jumbo
Jumbo is a beautifully layered, entertaining and profound reinvention of the wheel
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
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
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
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.
BERLINALE 2020 - The Earth is Blue as an Orange
An unnerving and purposefully frustrating portrayal of a war
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
BERLINALE 2020 - Siberia
Siberia fails to evolve into anything more than a dull, dire and flavourless drama
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
FRIGHTFEST 2020 - VFW
Joe Begos' VFW is a ninety-minute homage to all things John Carpenter and Video Nasties of the 1980s
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Calm With Horses
Calm With Horses is an eye-opening and engaging drama with a stunning set of performances layered in a touching and poignant drama