Usually Sundance-hype films are overheated and underwhelming. The sly, smart Past Lives is a brilliant exception to the rule.
Yes, Past Lives Is as Good as They Say
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Tótem Piercingly Asks If Love is Enough
A family celebration provides the setting for a haunting coming-of-age tale, courtesy of auteur to watch, Lila Avilés. Golden Bear winner?
In Heroic, The Military Is Anything But (Review and Interview)
Through documentary-like framing and a cool distance from his characters, Zonana riffs on military classics to create a brutal yet intellectual critique of military culture.
A Perfect Parody of French Cinema
There’s not much difference between Passages and a sketch show parody of a French art-house film. Let’s see how European Ira Sachs’ latest film truly is.
Pixar Gets the Hungarian Arthouse Treatment in White Plastic Sky
A bleak, arthouse cinema take on the classic Pixar formula, this tale of humanity’s last gasp shows you don’t need hundreds of millions to make a great sci-fi.
Member BlackBerrys?
BlackBerry takes you back to the halcyon days before the iPhone became the ubiqutious smartphone in this entertaining rise-and-fall tech sotry.
She Came to Me. She Didn’t Conquer.
The Berlinale 2023 opens with a trip aboard the tugboat of love. There is no need to get on. Here’s our take on Rebecca Miller’s She Came To Me.
Tale of Cinema — Wrong Then, Wrong Now
Life isn’t a movie. But Tale of Cinema shows us all the wonderful things that can happen when the line between the two is blurred.
Descent Into Cinema Podcast: Decision to Leave
Decision to Leave is now out in cinema: should you make a decision to pay, or a decision to stay away? Find out more on our podcast.
Triangle of Sadness — Style > Content
The message is obvious. The style is undeniable. Here is why the way Triangle of Sadness is shot is more important than what it’s about.