Berlin 2014: ‘No Man’s Land’ review
★☆☆☆☆ Presumably conceived as an homage to the Italian westerns of Sergio Leone and perhaps the most dire inclusions in this year’s somewhat lacklustre...
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14 April 2023
Film Review: Three Colours Trilogy
★★★★★ Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colours Trilogy stars Juliette Binoche, Julie Delpy and Irene Jacob in three of the most revered pieces of European cinema ever made. Named after the colours of the French flag (Blue, White and Red), the films are loosely based on the three political ideals of the French Republic; Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.
23 August 2022
Sarajevo 2022: Our festival highlights
The Sarajevo Film Festival has a history of resilience, so it was hardly surprising to see it come back stronger than ever after two years of Covid restrictions. Founded in 1995, the festival is now the leading industry event in south-east Europe, showcasing the very best films from across the Balkan peninsula.
22 October 2020
Film Review: Cinema Paradiso
★★★★☆ A major contributor to the reverential narrative of wistful cinema, Giuseppe Tornatore’s magnum opus Cinema Paradiso is an elegant distillation of the form’s...
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Berlin 2014: ‘The Third Side of the River’ review
★★★☆☆ Produced by Martin Scorsese, Argentinian director Celina Murga’s The Third Side of the River (2014) is an oblique and slow-burning study of patriarchal...
Berlin 2014: ‘Nuoc 2030’ review
★★☆☆☆ In recent years, climate change has become one of the dominant themes of dystopian film narratives, reflecting a growing acceptance that global warming...
Berlin 2014: ‘History of Fear’ review
★★★☆☆ A damming portrait of a community tearing itself apart from the inside, Benjamín Naishtat’s Berlinale Competition offering History of Fear (2014) ponders the...
Berlin 2014: ‘Blind Massage’ review
★★☆☆☆ Blind Massage (Tui na, 2014), adapted from Bi Feiyu’s eponymous novel, is Chinese director Lou Ye’s second feature following his State-imposed filmmaking ban....
Berlin 2014: ‘Land of Storms’ review
★★★☆☆ Ádám Császi’s debut film Land of Storms (2014) is a tale of gay sexual awakening in rural Hungary that renders the endorphine rush...
Berlin 2014: ‘Free Range’ review
★★☆☆☆ A vapid and conceited slacker comedy about the lack of cultural identity felt by a despondent generation of Estonians, Veiko Õunpuu’s Free Range...
Berlin 2014: ‘Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?’ review
★★★★☆ French director Michel Gondry allows himself to become the receptive canvas for the theories and concepts of famed academic and philosopher Noam Chomsky...
