Redmond Bacon - Journey Into Cinema

The 1st May brings a fascinating reflection on the oppression of workers, a student film, and a variety of works from local artists.

A struggling mother and an absent father make for diametrically opposed cinematic visions in a solid first day at Crossing Europe.

The highs and lows of die-hard football fan culture is lovingly surveyed in Ragnhild Ekner’s excellent documentary Ultras.

A witty, low-key riff on the intersection between love and espionage, Black Bag is one of the best spy films to come out in recent years.

A24’s broadest comedy yet, Death of a Unicorn feels woefully miscast, providing another eat-the-rich satire that has nothing interesting to say.

Try as it may, Drop is hampered by its central conceit, with its surprise smartphone messages more of a pain than a genuine source of tension.

Kontinental ’25 is Radu Jude’s latest examination of the way we live now that is alternately humorous, terrifying and deeply stimulating.

With a vital focus on Ukraine, this year’s Forum films offer a wide tent of differing visions from the cutting-edge of experimental cinema.

The Generation section of Berlinale is one of the less interesting programmes at the esteemed film festival. Still, we look at its offerings anyway.

The A24 formula works to fine effect in Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, starring the excellent Rose Byrne.