AwardsWatch - Berlin Film Festival

‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Review: Jane Schoenbrun Explores the Dark Sides of Nostalgia in Their Standout Sophomore Feature | Berlinale 2024

Savina Petkova February 25, 2024

Writer-director Jane Schoenbrun shook the film world with We’re All Going to the World’s Fair three years ago. In a swift move, the film announced... Read More

‘Cuckoo’ Review: Hunter Schafer takes on Dan Stevens in Tone Shifting Horror/Thriller Set in the German Alps | Berlinale 2024

Savina Petkova February 25, 2024

We’ve all been eager to see Hunter Schafer in her first film role as a leading lady and now that the wait is over… we... Read More

‘Black Tea’ Review – Abderrahmane Sissako Returns with a Masterful Exploration of Cultural Identity | Berlinale 2024

Ben Rolph February 21, 2024

Director Abderrahmane Sissako (the Oscar-nominated Timbuktu) returns after a 10-year hiatus with Black Tea, a sublime and meaningful exploration of cultural identity, freedom and growing... Read More

‘Spaceman’ Review: Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan Are the Star-Crossed Lovers We Didn’t Know We Needed | Berlinale 2024

Savina Petkova February 21, 2024

More than just another film about an astronaut, Spaceman is here to give a new meaning to the phrase star-crossed lovers. Swedish director Johan Renck... Read More

‘Love Lies Bleeding’ Review: Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian Will Set Your World on Fire in Rose Glass’ Psychosexual Revenge Thriller | Berlinale 2024

Savina Petkova February 20, 2024

All of you Saint Maud apologists, rejoice, for British rising star Rose Glass is back. Nothing screams comeback louder than a queer romance thriller where... Read More

‘Hors du Temps (Suspended Time)’ Review – Olivier Assayas’ Truffaut-Inspired Film Reinvigorates the Lockdown Formula | Berlinale 2024

Ben Rolph February 19, 2024

Olivier Assayas returns to cinema, after remaking Irma Vep with Alicia Vikander for Max, with a reflexive film about the life of a filmmaker in... Read More

‘Sasquatch Sunset’ Review – Riley Keough Monkeys Around in Hilarious and Fascinating Gross-Out Comedy | Berlinale 2024

Ben Rolph February 19, 2024

Without a doubt, Sasquatch Sunset is a one-of-a-kind film that will surprise audiences around the world. No one is prepared for what Damsel directors David... Read More

‘Treasure’ Review: Stephen Fry Can’t Save This Poorly Scripted Journey into the Past | Berlinale 2024

Ben Rolph February 17, 2024

There is something innately intriguing about the lives our ancestors led, many do ancestry searches and DNA tests but some go to the source to... Read More

‘Suzume’ review: Makoto Shinkai’s latest anime masterpiece is a jaw-dropping epic | Berlinale

Ben Rolph February 26, 2023

If you follow the career of Makato Shinkai, you know he is renowned world-wide for his anime films, Your Name and Weathering With You being... Read More