Berlinale 2019 Review: Öndög
by“The technological advancement that mankind is so proud of has distorted us to some extent. Living in giant civilized cities makes it easy for…
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Berlinale 2019 Review: Flatland
by“Do you hope you can expiate the crimes of the past by suffering in the present?” ― J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace The opening film in the…
Berlinale 2019 Review: Der Goldene Handschuh
by“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into…
Berlinale Review: ‘Kater’ (‘Tomcat’)
byHändl Klaus’ (whose real name is in fact – Klaus Händl) second feature film about the sudden rupture of the peaceful, quaint life and…
Decadent Men: On Woody Allen’s ‘Irrational Man’
byFrom the darkly lyrical ennui of Fleurs du Mal or the moral deterioration of Dorian Gray to the existential overtones of Waiting for Godot—the…
‘Mon Roi’ – The Fine Print Of A Love Supreme
byA done-to-death story of codependent love, where she mistakes his manic highs for everlasting charm and in her search for solid ground locks herself…
Prospero And Yellow String: Carré’s ‘Embers’
byClaire Carré’s feature-length directing debut, the science fiction film Embers, is a snapshot of a future where an illness has wiped out the majority…
‘The Search’ – Is Oscar Winner Hazanavicius a One-Trick Pony?
byOpening to a full house at Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest film festival, Michel Hazanavicius’ latest, which bowed at Cannes this May, was…
‘Deux Jours, Une Nuit’ – A Heartfelt Letter to a Heartless System
byIn an unsurprisingly down-to-earth move by the Dardenne brothers, Belgium’s horse in next year’s Oscar race, Two Days, One Night, plumbs the dark depths…