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
Spenser Confidential
Peter Berg’s brand of cinematic escapism is eminently accessible to anyone willing to embrace the stylized campiness Spenser Confidential shamelessly celebrates
SXSW 2020 - We Don't Deserve Dogs
We Don't Deserve Dogs is an engaging and heartfelt documentary
VIVARIUM
Vivarium is a feature that evokes a sense of poor direction and lack of narrative style
Little Joe
Put simply, Little Joe is a festival of shallow pretentious pomposity
Shooting the Mafia
Shooting the Mafia is another outstanding venture from the veteran documentarian Kim Longinotto that demands to be seen
Misbehaviour
Misbehaviour is a charming recreation of 1970s Britain that really captures some of the rebellious spirit of the feminist movement
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?"
Onward
Onward is the latest in Pixar’s slow decline towards mediocrity
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 - VFW
Joe Begos' VFW is a ninety-minute homage to all things John Carpenter and Video Nasties of the 1980s