Moon, 66 Questions – Berlinale 2021 Review Josefine A. March 1, 2021 Reviews Caring for an ailing loved one means carrying the burden of their deteriorating health, supporting them both mentally and physically as they become unable to do so themselves. It’s a task which can be...
Beans – Berlinale 2021 Review Josefine A. February 28, 2021 Reviews In 1990, a land dispute between the Mohawk people and the Canadian government caused an armed stand-off between the two parties. Writer-director Tracey Deer witnessed the so-called Oka Crisis and weaves her...
ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2020: #6 – Babyteeth Josefine A. December 29, 2020 Analysis, Features, Top 10 In a year so dominated by collective illness, loss, and pain, focusing on the tragedy of a single family for two hours can feel remarkably refreshing. Shannon Murphy’s debut feature Babyteeth is an intimate...
Pinocchio – Review Josefine A. December 10, 2020 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in February 2020 as part of our Berlinale Film Festival coverage. While it may seem like Matteo Garrone is independently hopping on the recent live action Disney remakes...
Shirley – Review Josefine A. October 29, 2020 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in February 2020 as part of our Berlinale coverage. The incandescent Madeline’s Madeline still fresh in our memories, Josephine Decker returns to the screen with Shirley....
The Roads Not Taken – Review Josefine A. September 10, 2020 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in February 2020 as part of our Berlinale Film Festival coverage. The gradual loss of a person to dementia is an incredibly painful process to witness; Sally Potter draws...
Who You Think I Am – Review Josefine A. April 10, 2020 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in February 2019 as part of our Berlinale Film Festival coverage. Who You Think I Am has a plot we have all seen or heard before: Claire (Juliette Binoche) is a woman in...
Spotlight: Catherine Deneuve Josefine A. March 19, 2020 Analysis, Features, Spotlight There may be no name so immediately synonymous with French cinema as Catherine Deneuve. With a career spanning more than half a century and more than 130 screen credits to her name, Deneuve is a steady fixture...
Bacurau – Review Josefine A. March 12, 2020 Reviews This film was previously reviewed as part of our Munich Film Festival coverage in July 2019. Bacurau is a sprawling genre hybrid, a semi-futuristic Western with a strong political undercurrent. The...
Charlatan – Berlinale 2020 Review Josefine A. March 6, 2020 Reviews After last year’s Mr Jones, prolific Polish director Agnieszka Holland returns to the screen with another biographic film; for as outlandish as it may seem, the story of the ‘Oracle of Urine’ is very...
Welcome to Chechnya – Berlinale 2020 Review Josefine A. March 2, 2020 Reviews In 2017 a raid on drugs became the starting point of persecution of LGBTQ+ people in Chechnya. Since then, countless people have suffered torture, disappeared, and died – penalised not only by a government...
Delete History – Berlinale 2020 Review Josefine A. March 1, 2020 Reviews Modern life can certainly be a challenge to navigate; particularly for those generations which did not grow up with the internet. With Delete History (Effacer l’historique), writer-director duo Benoit...
Surge – Berlinale 2020 Review Josefine A. February 29, 2020 Reviews Ben Whishaw is certainly one of the finest actors of his generation, and Aneil Karia’s Surge is a film which allows him to flex his muscles unlike any other. Joseph (Whishaw) works in airport security –...
Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Berlinale 2020 Review Josefine A. February 28, 2020 Reviews Sometimes film projects are years in the making until the right time comes around: the wait is certainly worth it with Eliza Hittmann's Never Rarely Sometimes Always. In 2020, under the Trump administration,...
My Little Sister – Berlinale 2020 Review Josefine A. February 26, 2020 Reviews There often exists an inexplicable and intense bond between twins; My Little Sister (Schwesterlein) explores the limits of such a connection. Sven (Lars Eidinger), celebrated star of Berlin’s Schaubühne,...