Berlinale 2020 Review: The Woman Who Ran
byThe last decade or two have seen South Korean cinema produce international hits such as Park Chan-wook’s ‘Vengeance Trilogy’ and The Handmaiden, Lee Chang-dong’s…
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Berlinale 2020 Review: Berlin Alexanderplatz
byAnyone that’s spent time in Berlin knows them: young African men roaming the big parks in Kreuzberg and Neukölln, jobless, often undocumented, forced to…
Berlinale 2020 Review: Mogul Mowgli
byDuring its economical ninety minutes, Mogul Mowgli is certainly ambitious in terms of its thematic reach. Attempting to tackle complex issues such as notions of…
Berlinale 2020 Review: Siberia
byOne of the most fascinating - and without a doubt the strangest - competition entries starts on a conventional note. A spoken word prologue…
Berlinale 2020 Review: The Assistant
byDo you hate your job? After a documentary reckoning with the case of child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey, Kitty Green returns to the Berlinale…
Berlinale 2020 Review: Los Conductos
byCamilo Restrepo’s film is immersive and intense. It is also subtle, sublime, at times soporific. It’s a challenging watch and so dense that its…
Berlinale 2020 Review: El Prófugo
byA woman is under the influence. First time we see her she is watching a series of close-ups on a movie screen, possibly of…
Berlinale 2020 Review: My Salinger Year
byDear Mr Salinger! We demand answers. How could a person as firmly established in the literary canon as you inspire such a lukewarm movie?…
Berlinale 2020: Movies That Should Be On Your Agenda
byA little bit less than a month – and the 70th Berlinale is upon us! This time with a new head – Carlo Chatrian from…