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My Little Sister (Schwesterlein)
A fellow critic described this film as “relentlessly competent.” It is the sort of worthy middle-European drama commonly…
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Servants (Služobníci)
Where moving pictures meet Rachmaninoff and the past stands to attention, questioning progress dictated by fear, comes Ivan…
By Marissa Khaos
Berlinale
Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine
Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine, written and directed by Alex Piperno, is a surreal,…
By Miranda Slade
Berlinale
The Assistant
Painstaking and formally exquisite, this single-minded drama has an almost documentary precision. Jane (Julia Garner, superb) is the…
By Joseph Owen
Berlinale
Delete History (Effacer l’historique)
There’s a lively sense of structured absurdity in the hilarious Effacer l’historique, co-directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
“The film is a lot about women’s desire”: An interview with The Intruder director Natalia Meta
Based upon the popular Argentine novel El Mal Menor by C.E. Feiling, director Natalia Meta’s El Prófugo is…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
“There is a strong difference between male and female directors”: An interview with The Intruder actor Érica Rivas
Argentine actress Érica Rivas established herself in her native country by appearing in the local remake of the…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
“I don’t like seeing myself in a movie”: An interview with The Intruder’s Cecilia Roth
In director Natalia Meta’s El Prófugo, Cecilia Roth takes on the role of Marta with lip-smacking gusto. Marta…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Hidden Away (Volevo nascondermi) press conference: Uncovering the real Antonio Ligabue
Many people might have been unaware of the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat until the 1996 film Basquiat. The…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
First Cow
As the William Blake proverb attests, man is defined by his friendships. Blake’s pithy axiom opens this exceptional…
By Joseph Owen