Festivals: Berlin / EFM Reviews
Berlinale 2024 Review: DYING, Darkly Humorous Gaze Into Family Dysfunction
Michael Glasner's dramedy explores the dissonant lives of the Lunies family, intertwining themes of death, reconciliation, and the complexities of human relationships.
Berlinale 2024 Review: A TRAVELER'S NEEDS, Hong Sangsoo's Minimalist Odyssey of Connection and Wonder
Hong Sangsoo and Isabelle Huppert reunite to explore themes of existential wanderlust and the complexity of human connections.
Berlinale 2024 Review: THE EMPIRE Merges Cosmic Conflicts with Rural Quirks
Bruno Dumont's latest work is not just another 'Star Wars' parody.
Berlinale 2024 Review: THE DEVIL'S BATH, Gripping Period Drama on the Cusp of Reality and Despair
Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala embark on a haunting exploration of 18th-century womanhood, set against the backdrop of societal and religious confines.
Berlinale 2024 Review: THE EDITORIAL OFFICE, Or, THE GODFATHER for the Disinformation Age
Ukrainian filmmaker Roman Bondarchuk navigates the complex interplay of truth, justice, and media manipulation in his latest socio-political black comedy that veers into a surreal satire.
Berlinale 2024 Review: WHO DO I BELONG TO, Lyrical Drama Explores Radical Family Ties
In her debut film Who Do I Belong To, Tunisian-born, Canada-based filmmaker Meryam Joober explores the poignant narrative of Aicha, a mother faced with the daunting reality of her sons' association with ISIS. The film is set in the tranquil...
Berlinale 2024 Review: ARCADIA Pushes Marital Drama to Mystical Realities
Greek director Yorgos Zois, alongside leading actress Angeliki Papoulia, delves into a exploration of love, loss, and ethereal spaces.
Berlinale 2023 Review: GOLDA, Biopic Becomes War Drama
Helen Mirren and Liev Schreiber star; Guy Nattiv directed.
Berlinale 2023 Review: WHEN WILL IT BE AGAIN LIKE IT NEVER WAS BEFORE, A Family Saga on the Edge
Camile Loup Moltzen, Laura Tonke, Devid Streisow star in Sonja Heiss eccentric tragicomic family coming-of-age that defies normalcy.
Berlinale 2023 Review: #MANHOLE, From Claustrophobic Horror to Social Satire
Nakajima Yuto stars in director Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's genre-bending psychological thriller.
Berlinale 2023 Review: IN WATER Dazzles
Shin Seokho, Kim Seungyun, and Ha Seongguk star in director Hong Sang-soo's latest contemplation on creativity and art.
Berlinale 2023 Review: 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES, Coming of Identity, Told With Deep Empathy
Sofía Otero, Patricia López Arnaiz, Ane Gabarain, Itziar Lazkano, Martxelo Rubio and Miguel Garcés star in Spanish director Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren's feature debut.
Berlinale 2023 Review: MUSIC Turns Oedipal Story Into Transcendental Experience
Directed by Angela Schanelec, Aliocha Schneider, Agathe Bonitzer, Marisha Triantafyllidou, Argyris Xafisc and Wolfgang Michael star in the German-language film.
Berlinale 2023 Review: AFIRE, Art and Love Burn in Tragicomedy
Director Christian Petzold's new film stars Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs and Matthias Brandt.
Berlinale 2023 Review: INSIDE, Heist Drama Turns Into Something Else
Willem Dafoe wrecks a luxury apartment, creating conceptual art in a bid for survival in director Vasilis Katsoupis' feature-length fiction debut.
Berlinale SILVER HAZE Review: I Can See Clearly Now
Directed by Sacha Polak, 'Silver Haze' is a great little gem and the first great discovery of 2023.
Review: FLUX GOURMET, Visually Seductive, Absurdly Comic
Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie and Ariane Labed star; Peter Strickland ('In Fabric,' 'Duke of Burgundy') directed.
Berlinale 2022 Review: RIMINI, A Seaside Vacation By Ulrich Seidl
Michael Thomas, Tessa Göttlicher, and Hans-Michael Rehberg star in the latest work by the renowned Austrian provocateur, a signature Seidlian tragicomedy.
Berlinale 2022 Review: HAPPER'S COMET, Surreal, One-Night Stand in American Suburbia
Rising U.S. indie cinema filmmaker Tyler Taormina delivers a curiously experimental follow-up to his debut, 'Ham on Rye.'
Berlinale 2021 Review: FOREST - I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE, Bite-Size Psychodramas of Everyday Horror
The Hungarian auteur Bence Fliegauf harnesses the virtue of ascetic filmmaking in the portmanteau film, consisting of civilization horror vignettes.
