‘Blue Moon’ Review: Ethan Hawke and Andrew Scott Sizzle in Richard Linklater’s Tragicomic Valentine to Love and Broadway [A-] – Berlinale
On a cold, rainy November night in 1943, a disheveled man with a long overcoat and a bottle of booze fell to the ground unconscious,... Read More
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‘Late Shift’ Review: Tense, Hospital-set Thriller Highlights a Hidden Crisis and a Powerful Performance from Leonie Benesch [B+] – Berlinale
Almost every healthcare system worldwide is in crisis, overwhelmed with record demand, underfunding and a lack of staff on shifts. Swiss writer-director Petra Volpe highlights... 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
‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Review: Jane Schoenbrun Explores the Dark Sides of Nostalgia in Their Standout Sophomore Feature | Berlinale 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
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
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
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
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
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
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