Subverting the usual expectations of true crime, The City of the Living is noticeable for the amount it focusses on the victim of a notorious Roman murder.
The City of the Living Exhumes a Shocking Roman Death
Jared Abbott
Editor-at-large Jared loves movies and lives with Kiki in Berlin.
Hats Off to Diane
Un détour par Diane by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni expertly blurs the boundaries between one woman’s lived experience and another’s emotional life.
Christianity Clash
Two films at Locarno display how often the practice of Christianity contradicts the principles of kindness and empathy found in the New Testament.
Coming of Age, Sicilian-Style
Coming-of-age movies in recent years are usually snoozy; Giovanni Tortorici’s whipsmart funny Ketticè is the wonderful exceptional to that rule.
Titanic Ocean Is No Ordinary Film
With an impossibly beautiful aesthetic, Konstantina Kotzamani’s Titanic Ocean is a unique mermaid movie that transports you to another world.
Death Has No Master. A Vapid Colonial Drama.
Asia Argento stars as a wealthy heiress returning to a scarred Venezuela in Jorge Thielen Armand’s entertaining yet vapid Death Has No Master.
La Perra Woofs the Landing
With films about dogs easy to love — because after all, who doesn’t love dogs — it takes a special talent to make something as cynical and ugly as La Perra.
Big Rigs. Even Bigger Feelings.
Flesh and Fuel rises above its euro-drama trappings by capturing a great sense of sweetness and vulnerability among the continent’s gay trucking community.
Michael, Stop. We’ve Had Enough.
In our first edition of Double Take, Redmond and Jared discuss Antoine Fuqua’s misguided and insidious Michael Jackson biopic.
Sad Girlz Does It Well
Fernanda Tovar’s Sad Girlz is a touching tale of female friendship under the shadow of sexual violence — the winner of Berlinale Generation 14Plus.