The Panorama section of the Berlinale probes the limits of human sexuality, violence and capacity for connection. Here’s our master list of Panorama reviews.
Into the Panorama-Verse
Category: Festivals
Reviews and dispatches exploring the best new cinema premiering around the world.
Small Things Like These. Faux Terence Davies
Small Things Like These may highlight a vital decades-long human rights abuse but is sadly let down by its derivative imitation of Terence Davies’ best work.
Love to Love Me Baby
Sam & Andy Zuchero’s unconventional love story, Love Me, is buoyed by two excellent performances from Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun.
The Frantic Love Lies Bleeding Puts the Vibes First
Rose Glass’ sophomore effort, Love Lies Bleeding, is unconcerned with likeability. Here’s why that’s a good thing, live from Sundance.
Enter the Realm of Satan, Slow Cinema Style
Editor-turned-director Scott Cummings eschews conventional cutting in his slow, unjudgemental look at the Satanic church in Realm of Satan.
Sisterhood Prevails Amongst 78 Days of NATO Bombs
78 Days by Emilija Gašić uses a documentary, found-footage approach to depict the trials of girlhood growing pains in the midst of NATO bombings.
The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire Rejects Conventionality in Favour of Archival Speculation
Madelaine Hunt-Ehrlich’s The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire mounts a corrective to the surrealist’s occluded legacy through a personal essayistic structure.
The Light Provides a Fleet Danish History Lesson about the Lingering Complications of Nazi Occupation
Alexander Lind’s The Light investigates an incendiary art project that used bunkers as a metaphor for Danish collaboration during the Nazi occupation, live from Rotterdam.
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust Won’t Be a Hit. It’s Too Unique For That.
Using an Unreal Game Engine to bold and unsettling effect, Ishan Shukla’s Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust is a truly unique and strange sci-fi vision.
Small Hours of the Night Gives Testimony to Disembodied Dissidence
Daniel Hui’s chamber piece makes the most of its limited location to provide fascinating ruminations on the reverberations of Singaporean history.