Berlinale 2019: The Personal Is Political
“The world in which we live is reflected in contemporary cinema. The personal is political, the old slogan from the 1968 Women’s Lib movement…
Berlinale 2019 Review: Öndög
“The technological advancement that mankind is so proud of has distorted us to some extent. Living in giant civilized cities makes it easy for…
Berlinale 2019 Review: Elisa & Marcela
Camp is a certain mode of aestheticism. It is one way of seeing the world as an aesthetic phenomenon. That way, the way of…
Berlinale 2019 Review: Flatland
“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: Vice
“In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell What is the truth? Does it even…
Berlinale 2019 Review: Der Goldene Handschuh
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into…
Berlin Film Society Presents: straight 8 x Berlinale Special - The Best Super 8 Short Films
“The magic of cinema in its purest form.” – Asif Kapadia Remember the opening credits of the late 1980’s and early 90’s TV show…
To All The Witches They Could Not Burn
“As long as women are denied the priesthood, we will try to make our own rituals at our own kitchen altars and we will sew…
Skate Kitchen: The Closest Thing To Flying
“When a girl first starts skate boarding, something magical happens, says Nina Moran, “a skateboard is like their flying broom, when you get on a board,…