Film festivals
Vortex
Gaspar Noé, generally a director of provocations, has made an elegant and candid feature in a lesser-spotted minor…
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Berlinale
Je Suis Karl
It’s rare that a film seems entirely reverse-engineered from a college politics seminar, but it’s been a strange…
By Joseph Owen
Berlinale
Tzarevna Scaling (Doch rybaka)
Uldus Bakhtiozina’s glorious film conjures up a dream factory of images, almost functioning as a Russian reinterpretation of…
By Joseph Owen
Berlinale
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Guzen to sozo)
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winner Three lovelorn episodes about “coincidence and imagination”, as described by writer-director Ryûsuke…
By Joseph Owen
Berlinale
Petite Maman
This gracefully rendered, fabular tale provides an exquisite distillation of Céline Sciamma’s focused and empathetic cinematic style, and…
By Joseph Owen
Berlinale
Ancient Soul (Mbah Jhiwo)
Ancient Soul is a brilliant, beguiling work that contains an audacious narrative premise and exquisite compositions. Nonetheless, as a…
By Joseph Owen
Berlinale
All Eyes Off Me (Mishehu Yohav Mishehu)
The perils and consequences of sexual liberation are the main concern of this sometimes sluggish, sometimes intriguing film.…
By Joseph Owen
Berlinale
Forest – I See You Everywhere (Rengeteg – mindenhol látlak)
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance for Lilla Kizlinger Seven successive domestic disputes, played out by a mixture…
By Joseph Owen
Berlinale
Introduction (Inteurodeoksyeon)
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay winner The Hong Sang-soo backlash begins here. No, not really – his latest…
By Joseph Owen
Berlinale
The Scary of Sixty-First
The source of much industry prattle, enfant terrible Dasha Nekrasova, one half of the agitating Red Scare podcast,…
By Joseph Owen