‘Take Me Home’ Review: Liz Sargent’s Intimate Caregiving Drama Confronts a System Built to Fail [B-] Berlinale
Over the past decade, Sundance has increasingly become a home for films that resist spectacle in favor of proximity. That sensibility now finds an extension... Read More
Savina Petkova
‘It Was Just an Accident’ Review: Jafar Panahi Gives Human Answers to Complex Moral Conundrums [B] Cannes
Each new film by Jafar Panahi feels like a blessing, especially since the Iranian filmmaker has been subject to prison, house arrests, travel and work... Read More
‘Sirāt’ Review: Óliver Laxe Takes Us on a Sisyphean Journey of Sound and Fury Road [A-] Cannes
Perhaps the most mesmerising Competition entry thus far, Óliver Laxe’s Sirāt takes us to a world of desert raves where the promise of salvation still... Read More
‘Kontinental ’25’ Review: Radu Jude’s Homage to Rossellini Finds the Director at his Most Humanistic if a Bit Expected [B-] – Berlinale
To call Romanian director Radu Jude a diagnostician of our times would not be an overestimation. Moreso, his rich body of work resonates with audiences... Read More
‘Girls On Wire’ Review: Vivian Qu’s Third Film Paints an Unforgiving Portrait of Two Cousins Trying to Outrun Their Fate [C] – Berlinale
More than ten years after the film she produced —Diao Yinan’s Black Coal, Thin Ice — won the top prize at the 64th Berlinale, Vivian... Read More
‘Mickey 17’ Review: Bong Joon-ho is Back with One of the Best and Goofiest Robert Pattinson(s) Performances Ever [B] – Berlinale
“What’s it like, dying?”, is a question that marks the one thing humans will always find it impossible to communicate. The limits of our own... Read More
‘Love (Kjærlighet)’ Review: First There Was ‘Sex,’ Now Dag Johan Haugerud’s Middle Trilogy Film Looks for What ‘Dreams’ May Come | Venice
Love, the second film in Norwegian writer-director Dag Johan Haugerud’s trilogy exploring human connections (Sex premiered this year at the Berlinale and Dreams is still... Read More
‘Stranger Eyes’ Review: The First Singapore Venice Competition Title is a Well-Crafted Thriller | Venice
Stranger Eyes by Yeo Siew Hua has already made history as Venice’s first ever Golden Lion contender hailing from Singapore, but it is its stylish... Read More
‘The Quiet Son (Jouer avec le feu)’ Review: We’ve Seen This Vincent Lindon-led French Family Drama Before | Venice
Pierre (Vincent Lindon) is a fifty-something single father who works night shifts for the SNCF (the French railway) as a mechanic/engineer and spends his free... Read More
‘Wolfs’ Review: Brad Pitt and George Clooney Deliver the Ultimate (and Wholesome) Face Off in Jon Watts’ Exciting New Thriller | Venice
The harsh sound of glass breaking.“Shit!,” we hear a woman exclaim while the opening scene soars over night-time Manhattan. Blinds slide down over some French... Read More
79th BAFTA Film Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes Best Film, Director; Robert Aramayo Wins Best Actor 
53rd Annie Awards: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Makes History with Clean Sweep of 10 Wins 
6th Set Decorators Society of America (SDSA) Awards: ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ Take Top Honors 
76th Berlin Film Festival Awards: ‘Yellow Letters’ Wins Golden Bear for Best Film; ‘Queen at Sea’ Nabs Two Among Festival Unrest Over Politics