Berlinale
Monos
Before Berlinale’s European premiere of Monos, director Alejandro Landes sweetly affirmed his belief that film holds “the power…
By Mary-Catherine HarveySpecial
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Mid90s
2007’s Superbad proved to be a launching pad for a number of performers, namely Michael Cera, Emma Stone…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
The Operative (Die Agentin)
On the off chance that The Operative accurately portrays the standard Mossad recruitment process, then the Israeli intelligence…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya
Well-behaved women seldom make history, and Petrunya is no exception. Teona Strugar Mitevska captures a day of Macedonian…
By Mary-Catherine Harvey
Berlinale
The Operative (Die Agentin) press conference with Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman, Cas Anvar and Yuval Adler
The Operative, an Israeli spy thriller that perhaps doesn’t thrill as much as it planned to, received its…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
The Golden Glove (Der Goldene Handschuh)
The opening shot of Fatih Akin’s The Golden Glove is total disarray. A woman seemingly sleeps on the…
By Mary-Catherine Harvey
Berlinale
The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea (To thávma tis thálassas ton Sargassón)
That's the thing about small towns: everyone falls into their rightful place. So goes the conversation at a…
By Victoria Ferguson
Berlinale
Bait
Bait is an ambitious film by writer and director Mark Jenkin which aims to tell a simple story…
By Dan Struthers
Berlinale
Chained (Eynayim Sheli)
Yaron Shani’s Eynayim Sheli, or Chained, drips with dramatic irony. This dark, gripping and intense film follows Rashi (Eran Naim),…
By Fenja Akinde-Hummel
Berlinale
Jessica Forever
The presence of violence and “pack mentality” survival dominate the dystopian visual presentation in Jessica Forever. Chromatically rich…
By Ezelle Alblas