First Look: ‘Hin und Weg (Tour de Force)’
byIt’s hard to criticize something as excessively agreeable as the German comedy-drama / road movie Hin und Weg (Tour De Force) without sounding like a heartless…
Reviews
Cannes Recap: Xavier Dolan’s ‘Mommy’ Underwhelms
byIt’s at once understandable and baffling that Jane Campion’s jury awarded Canadian wunderkind Xavier Dolan’s 5th feature “Mommy” the coveted Jury Prize in Cannes…
Revisited: Richard Linklater’s ‘Waking Life’
byAmerican director Richard Linklater is riding a wave of critical praise after the release of his latest flick Boyhood, which follows a boy from…
Soundless Dialogues and Loud Cinematic Statements of Ukrainian Drama ‘The Tribe’
byI previously reported on The Voice of the Voiceless, and now here I go again down the silent rabbit hole of Deaf Mute Central,…
First Look: ‘In Bloom’
byIn Bloom is the grim portrayal of lives losing out to war and confusion. Shot in deference to the greys and dull whites of…
TIFF Round-Up - Films Plucked from the Field of Nightmares
byIt’s all over, bar the shouting! Now that another TIFF edition has wrapped up in Cluj, I have to say… I see what programmer Mihai Chirilov…
‘Under the Skin’ – sexpot with a Glaswegian Kiss of Her Own
byIt’s a tricky tightrope walk, adapting today’s bestselling novels for the screen. Flimsy chick lit or YA tearjerkers, the bulk of all written matter…
Five Reasons Why ‘Fargo’ TV Series Is Just As Good As The Film
byOne of the most awaited series of the year, Fargo, has reached its final episode last week. Berlin Film Journal revisited one of our favorite films in…
‘Blind’ - A Slice of Life behind Closed, Yet Wandering Eyes
byShown in Competition at the top film festival in Romania, now underway in Cluj, Oslo, 13, August writer Eskil Vogt’s debut film quickly shot up…