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13/02/2019
Berlin 2019: The Plagiarists review
★★★★☆ A pair of self-absorbed millennials are forced to confront the lack of originality behind their ideas in Peter Parlow’sContinue Reading
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12/02/2019
Berlin 2019: Monos review
★★★★☆ In Monos, a diverse group of hormonal teenage soldiers man an isolated outpost during an unseen war. Their stationContinue Reading
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12/02/2019
Berlin 2019: The Golden Glove review
★★★☆☆ The seemingly unlikely tale of how Fatih Akin’s The Golden Glove got greenlit, funded and selected for competition atContinue Reading
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12/02/2019
Berlin 2019: God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya review
★★★☆☆ Teona Strugar Mitevska’s previous film When the Day Had No Name was a bleak exploration of the cultural tensions inContinue Reading
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12/02/2019
Berlin 2019: Ghost Town Anthology review
★★★★☆ The reverberations of loss in a small town awaken the spirits of the recently deceased in Denis Côté’s chillingContinue Reading
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12/02/2019
Berlin 2019: Earth review
★★★★☆ Highlighting the significant impact of mining and large-scale construction on the planet’s ecosystem, the latest film from documentarian NikolausContinue Reading
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11/02/2019
DVD Review: Blindspotting
★★★★☆ Alongside Get Out, Boots Riley’s astonishing Sorry to Bother You and the blistering TV comedy-drama Atlanta, Carlos López Estrada’s featureContinue Reading
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11/02/2019
Baftas 2019: The Favourite wins seven, Roma is Best Film
Hosted by Joanna Lumley, last night’s Baftas ceremony saw Yorgos Lanthimos’ acclaimed The Favourite pick up seven of the twelve awardsContinue Reading
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10/02/2019
Berlin 2019: Out Stealing Horses review
★★★☆☆ Hans Petter Moland is a peculiarity: a Norwegian born and based filmmaker of unmistakably American genre sensibilities. His 2014Continue Reading
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10/02/2019
IFFR 2019: Present.Perfect. review
★★★★☆ Shengze Zhu’s IFFR 2019 Tiger Award winner looks at the culture of live-streaming in China. Composed entirely of foundContinue Reading
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10/02/2019
Baftas 2019: Our predictions
With the UK’s most prestigious film awards taking place later today (10 February), it’s time to enter into a roundContinue Reading
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09/02/2019
Berlin 2019: Öndög review
★★★★☆ A beguiling drama laced with dry humour and lashings of spiritualism, Wang Quan’an’s Competition entry Öndög possesses a mysteriousContinue Reading
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09/02/2019
Berlin 2019: Monsters review
★★★☆☆ Following in the footsteps of Adina Pintilie’s controversial Golden Bear winner Touch Me Not, Marius Olteanu’s Monsters is aContinue Reading
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09/02/2019
Berlin 2019: Fourteen review
★★★★☆ Fourteen, the follow-up to former Los Angeles Reader film critic Dan Sallitt’s incest drama The Unspeakable Act, is aContinue Reading
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07/02/2019
IFFR 2019: Sheena667 review
★★★☆☆ Actor-director Grigory Dobrygin’s debut feature and IFFR Tiger Competitor Sheena667 tells the story of a Russian couple whose plansContinue Reading