Set entirely on the opening night of Oklahoma!, Richard Linklater’s talky film Blue Moon reunites him with Before trilogy star Ethan Hawke.
Blue Moon. Drunk With Beauty.
Berlinale
The mostest film festival in the world. An unconquerable mountain of movies, every February.
Never Trust Guys Called Homer
A trip to a trauma retreat turns increasingly nightmarish in Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli’s Honey Bunch, playing in Berlinale Special.
Gen (A to) Z
The Generation section of Berlinale is one of the less interesting programmes at the esteemed film festival. Still, we look at its offerings anyway.
Flying on A Wire is Not Real Flying
Vivian Qu’s gritty crime story Girls on Wire is a grim tale about the inevitability of fate that is weighed down by clichéd and stilted storytelling.
Not Another A24 Movie
The A24 formula works to fine effect in Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, starring the excellent Rose Byrne.
The Utter Horror of What Marielle Knows
Dark horse black comedy What Marielle Knows is the funniest film in the Berlinale Competition so far. A Hollywood remake can’t be far away.
All The Panorama Drama
The queer and political Panorama section of the Berlinale is the true meat and bones of the festival — we go deep into its extensive line-up!
Where the Night Stands Still: Between Light, Absence and Loss
Familial bonds between migrant workers are put to the test in Liryc Dela Cruz’ compelling debut Where The Night Stands Still.
One For The Pure Cinema Heads
Reflection in a Dead Diamond is a loving and deeply satisfying riff on classic spy tropes with a true and abiding love of the genre.
Avoid How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World
Florian Pochlatko’s How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World is a long and ungainly look at mental illness that never finds a way to work.