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.
Flying on A Wire is Not Real Flying
Category: Festivals
Reviews and dispatches exploring the best new cinema premiering around the world.
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.
Different Perspectives
Tricia Tuttle’s Perspectives is a shiny new programme dedicated entirely to first feature films. We have the lowdown on whether they’re any good.
Snowgirls
Lucile Hadžihalilović’s The Ice Tower is a forbidding and slow riff on Hans Christian Andersen with a movie star performance from Marion Cotillard.
Köln 75. Iconic Chaos.
Mala Emde shines as a chaotic music promoter who puts on Keith Jarrett’s iconic concert at the Cologne Philarmonic in Ido Fluk’s Köln 75.