Film Reviews

7011 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 23/05/2024. 757 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Bad Living by João Canijo

24/02/2023

BERLINALE 2023: João Canijo’s take on a family drama feels claustrophobic and sombre, yet after it gets under your skin, that’s where it stays, for better or worse  

Mal Viver

Mal Viver

Stams by Bernhard Braunstein

23/02/2023

BERLINALE 2023: Bernhard Braunstein’s documentary on the titular elite ski boarding school skilfully shows what it takes to make it to the top  

Stams

Stams

20,000 Species of Bees by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren

22/02/2023

BERLINALE 2023: Estíbaliz Urresola makes her feature directorial debut with a sensitive, activist and moving film, starring a group of exceptional actresses  

20.000 especies de abejas

20.000 especies de abejas

The Cage Is Looking for a Bird by Malika Musaeva

22/02/2023

BERLINALE 2023: Chechen filmmaker Malika Musaeva’s feature debut is a steely and increasingly desperate drama of entrapment and release  

Kletka ishet ptitsu

Kletka ishet ptitsu

In The Blind Spot by Ayse Polat

22/02/2023

BERLINALE 2023: Ayşe Polat's mystery-thriller weaves together numerous themes in a Rashomon-style narrative but wraps up proceedings too tidily for its own good  

Im toten Winkel

Im toten Winkel

Silver Haze by Sacha Polak

22/02/2023

BERLINALE 2023: Dutch filmmaker Sacha Polak reunites with Vicky Knight, the lead actress from Dirty God, in this romantic tale derived partly from the latter’s life  

Silver Haze

Silver Haze

My Worst Enemy by Mehran Tamadon

22/02/2023

BERLINALE 2023: In his second Berlin-screened documentary about perpetrators and victims of torture at the hands of the Iranian regime, Mehran Tamadon is interrogated by actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi  

Mon pire ennemi

Mon pire ennemi

Golda by Guy Nattiv

22/02/2023

BERLINALE 2023: Guy Nattiv’s elegantly directed biopic owes much of its quality to Helen Mirren’s staggering portrayal of Israel’s first female prime minister  

Golda

Golda

Music by Angela Schanelec

22/02/2023

BERLINALE 2023: Angela Schanelec uses her trademark style to retell the Oedipus myth, but whether the experience is worth the energy and concentration it requires is debatable  

Musik

Musik

The Plough by Philippe Garrel

21/02/2023

BERLINALE 2023: Philippe Garrel finds a bit of colour and refines his stripped-back, reflective and novelistic art even further by passing it through a softer family filter  

Le Grand Chariot

Le Grand Chariot

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