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6931 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 22/04/2024. 755 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

The Empty Grave by Agnes Lisa Wegner, Cece Mlay

01/03/2024

BERLINALE 2024: Agnes Lisa Wegner and Cece Mlay’s documentary follows Tanzanian families looking to retrieve from western archives the remains of their elders, killed by German colonisers  

Das leere Grab

Das leere Grab

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger by David Hinton

01/03/2024

Director David Hinton and narrator Martin Scorsese are in the mood for love, reminiscing about a directorial duo that live rent-free inside of the latter’s head  

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Who by Fire by Philippe Lesage

29/02/2024

BERLINALE 2024: In Philippe Lesage’s Generation-awarded film, hell may be other people, but the scariest demons lurk inside our own hearts and minds  

Comme le feu

Comme le feu

Caracas by Marco D'Amore

29/02/2024

Marco D'Amore's second fiction film navigates opposing ideologies and mingles reality with dreams in a nocturnal, humid and unprecedented portrait of Naples  

Caracas

Caracas

An Inhabited Volcano by David Pantaleón, Jose Víctor Fuentes

28/02/2024

In their documentary, which is in equal parts beautiful and fearsome, David Pantaleón and José Víctor Fuentes show how daily life is transformed amidst a volcanic eruption on the island of La Palma  

Un volcán habitado

Un volcán habitado

Treasure by Julia von Heinz

27/02/2024

BERLINALE 2024: Julia von Heinz’s post-Holocaust story, set in early-1990s Poland, is a noble yet botched attempt at a family tragicomedy  

Treasure

Treasure

Hands in the Fire by Margarida Gil

27/02/2024

BERLINALE 2024: Margarida Gil follows a young film student as she visits a house that comes to life through its inhabitants  

Mãos no fogo

Mãos no fogo

Shikun by Amos Gitai

27/02/2024

BERLINALE 2024: Amos Gitai navigates the intricacies of modern Israeli society through a theatrically staged introspection reimagining Eugene Ionesco’s anti-totalitarian fable Rhinoceros  

Shikun

Shikun

Rising Up at Night by Nelson Makengo

26/02/2024

BERLINALE 2024: The new offering from Nelson Makengo attempts to convey what it’s like to live in a constantly dark and flooded Kinshasa  

Tongo Saa

Tongo Saa

A Bit of a Stranger by Svitlana Lishchynska

26/02/2024

BERLINALE 2024: Svitlana Lishchynska affords us an intimate look at four generations of women against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine  

A Bit of a Stranger

A Bit of a Stranger

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