Berlinale
Keiko, Me wo Sumasete (Small, Slow but Steady)
Nobody can accuse Small, Slow but Steady of false advertising. It’s small in scale, while slowly but steadily…
By Oliver JohnstonSpecial
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O Trio em Mi Bemol (The Kegelstatt Trio)
There is, of course, a language of cinema – this is how the filmmaker uses various codes and…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Les Passageurs de la Nuit (The Passengers of the Night)
In the mid-80s, Elisabeth (Charlotte Gainsbourg) finds herself alone following a messy divorce from her husband, suddenly left…
By Guy Lambert
Berlinale
Everything Will Be Ok
There are no two ways about it, Rithy Panh’s Everything Will Be Ok is a visceral assault on…
By Sarah Bradbury
Berlinale
Mutzenbacher
The principle behind director Ruth Beckermann’s documentary sounds novel, and even a little thought-provoking: a succession of men…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Europe
Some large-scale events feel the need to have an annual theme, such as Eurovision 2021’s “Open Up”, or…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
A E I O U – Das Schnelle Alphabet der Liebe (A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love)
“All starts with an A,” Sophie Rois’s distinctive voice narrates over the introductory images. As she elaborates on…
By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale
Mis Dos Voces (My Two Voices)
Film titles are often ludicrously self-explanatory. Take Paris Hilton’s 2008 cinematic magnum opus, The Hottie and the Nottie:…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Taurus
A viewer would be forgiven for wondering where the character of Cole in Tim Sutton’s Taurus ends and…
By Sarah Bradbury
Berlinale
Yin Ru Chen Yan (Return to Dust)
Two people who exist on the fringes of society, apparently barely tolerated by their own families, are pushed…
By Oliver Johnston