Berlinale
Unicórnio (Unicorn)
A surreal parable of a young girl at a time of curiosity and inner tumult and sweeping landscape…
By Zoe Tamarareview
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Garbage
Controversial filmmakers are always fascinating. They aren’t afraid to shove boundaries into the dirt, to tell a story…
By Euan Franklin
Berlinale
Khook (Pig)
Oh, poor Hassan. A celebrated and amusingly belligerent film director, he has been blacklisted by Iranian authorities, and…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Teatro de guerra (Theatre of War)
The Falklands war began in 1982, when Argentina invaded and reclaimed islands occupied by British forces in the…
By Sean Gallen
Berlinale
Draußen (Outside)
Curiously, the rough sleeping, homeless men who appear in this documentary from co-directors Johanna Sunder-Plassmann and Tama Tobias-Macht…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
La Cama (The Bed)
How long does love last? Three years? Three decades? Argentian director Mónica Lairana dives deep into this painful…
By Sean Gallen
Berlinale
Das schweigende Klassenzimmer (The Silent Revolution)
The direct English translation of the film’s original German title (The Silent Classroom) would have been more apt,…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Game Girls
Director Alina Skrzeszewska has a strong passion for documenting people on the margins of society, particularly impoverished communities…
By Mark Mukasa
Berlinale
Last Child
Grief and loss over a loved one has been a popular topic in cinema this year, perhaps because…
By Sean Gallen
Berlinale
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot
For an alcoholic, the road to recovery is a long, uphill crawl, but when you add immeasurable loss…
By Sean Gallen