Entebbe – Review Joni Blyth May 13, 2018 Reviews This film was previously reviewed on 22/02/18 as part of Berlinale. The hijacking of Air France 139 was the work of numerous factions allied to a range of political causes, and their interplay is one of the...
High Fantasy – Berlinale 2018 Review Kambole Campbell February 28, 2018 Reviews Despite its daring combination of the aesthetic of found footage movies with a proud 00s cinema tradition, the body swap comedy, High Fantasy feels like a missed opportunity. For the most part the comedic...
Unsane – Berlinale 2018 Review Stephanie Watts February 25, 2018 Reviews Steven Soderbergh takes a pulpy turn in his latest lo-fi thriller Unsane, which follows a woman who unwittingly ends up in a psychiatric hospital, where she comes into contact with her stalker from whom...
The Son – Berlinale 2018 Review Kambole Campbell February 25, 2018 Reviews The documentaries on display at Berlinale this year all have had an intimate, personal connection between the filmmaker and subject matter, and The Son is no different. Alexander Abaturov’s piece on the...
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot – Berlinale 2018 Review Joni Blyth February 25, 2018 Reviews Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot is a surprisingly ordinary biopic given the esoteric creative forces behind it. Gus Van Sant, Joaquin Phoenix and John Callahan all made a name for themselves standing...
Pig – Berlinale 2018 Review Kambole Campbell February 23, 2018 Reviews Another in a long line of films about put-upon filmmakers, Mani Haghighi's Pig attempts to mix up the formula with wild tonal shifts and surreal comedy with varying levels of success. Pig's focus is...
Shakedown – Berlinale 2018 Review Kambole Campbell February 23, 2018 Reviews Not unlike the wonderful Paris is Burning, Leilah Weinraub’s lo-fi, kickstarter-backed documentary Shakedown looks at the life of an institution founded and run by a group of marginalised people. The...
The Prayer – Berlinale 2018 Review Joni Blyth February 22, 2018 Reviews For the most part The Prayer gets the most obvious rehabilitation tropes out of the way in the first act, giving itself room to move at its own pace through Thomas’ recovery. The languorous movement is...
7 Days in Entebbe – Berlinale 2018 Review Joni Blyth February 22, 2018 Reviews The hijacking of Air France 139 was the work of numerous factions allied to a range of political causes, and their interplay is one of the most intriguing elements of 7 Days in Entebbe. Disappointingly, this...
The Real Estate – Berlinale 2018 Review Joni Blyth February 22, 2018 Reviews One early scene of The Real Estate hints at promise, as our lead Nojet prepares to go door to door and speak to her new tenants. Léonore Ekstrand is given room to breathe, and she attempts to establish some...
3 Days in Quiberon – Berlinale 2018 Review Joni Blyth February 21, 2018 Reviews The choice to shoot in black and white stems from Lebeck’s original photography of Romy Schneider, but feels like a natural fit for 3 Days in Quiberon; Schneider has intentionally isolated herself in...
U – July 22 – Berlinale 2018 Review Joni Blyth February 21, 2018 Reviews To many, U - July 22 should not exist. Putting aside that debate for a moment, the skill at play in 22 is certainly worthy of praise: Erik Poppe and DoP Martin Otterbeck capture the 72-minute attack in a...
The Happy Prince – Berlinale 2018 Review Joni Blyth February 20, 2018 Reviews “Why does one run towards ruin?” As Oscar Wilde, Rupert Everett is a self-indulgent falling star, a whimsical washout whining and wining his way towards the grave. Befitting its star there is mirth among...
Eva – Berlinale 2018 Review Joni Blyth February 20, 2018 Reviews After making waves last year in Paul Verhoeven’s revenge thriller Elle, Isabelle Huppert once again finds herself the headliner in a psychological thriller, this time as the brusque femme fatale Eva. As you...
Isle of Dogs – Berlinale 2018 Review Joni Blyth February 19, 2018 Reviews It’s hard to decide which elements of Isle of Dogs are the definitive "perfect fit" for Wes Anderson. Obviously Fantastic Mr. Fox has already proven that stop-motion and anthropomorphic animal antics gel...