Berlin Review: ‘A Fantastic Woman’ is a Dazzling, Fiery Drama
Chilean director Sebastián Lelio’s follow-up to his 2013 hit Gloria is a dazzling companion piece that once again focuses on a woman’s resilience in a world whe...
Ed Frankl
Berlin Review: ‘Joaquim’ is an Ambitious, Flawed Historical Epic
“Gold ruins everything. First the land, then the man.” That’s the gist of Marcelo Gomes’ ambitious historical epic, set in 18th-century Brazil when the South Am...
Berlin Review: ‘Return to Montauk’ is a Perceptive Reflection on the Past
“No one gets over anything," remarks Stellan Skarsgård’s Max, rekindling with old flame Rebecca years after they last met. He was a fledgling writer, she an ide...
Berlin Review: ‘God’s Own Country’ is a Bold, Heartfelt Queer Drama
British filmmakers have a recent habit of bringing about canonical additions to UK queer cinema with their debuts. Andrew Haigh’s heartbreaking romance Weekend ...
Berlin Review: ‘Barrage’ is an Under-Powered Drama in Need of More Isabelle Huppert
You can never have too much Isabelle Huppert, but in Barrage, the legendary actress plays a supporting role that perhaps shows you can have too little. It’s a g...
Berlin Review: ‘Django’ Searches for a Rhythm Between Music and War
It appears there’s been a conscious effort to de-glamorise this year’s Berlin film festival, rid of the star wattage that recent opening-night films have brough...
Review: ‘T2: Trainspotting’ is a Nostalgia-Heavy, Melancholic Sequel
Something happened at my midnight public screening in London of Danny Boyle’s sequel to his 1996 smash. A heckler at the back, perhaps influenced by alcohol or ...
[LFF Review] The Autopsy of Jane Doe
André Øvredal’s last feature, the monster mockumentary Trollhunter, was thrillingly irreverent -- a cruelly funny movie that turned Norwegian mythology into a r...
[LFF Review] David Lynch: The Art Life
Before David Lynch was a filmmaker, he was a struggling painter, whose lifeblood was to “drink coffee, smoke cigarettes, and paint." That’s what he dubbed "the ...
[LFF Review] Porto
One of Anton Yelchin’s final screen performances lifts the melancholic ode to one night’s lost passion in Porto, a messy, scattered drama that, for all it...
