Anchored by an excellent performance by Eva Huault, Shana is a deeply entertaining Parisian-set tale of Jewish identity and feminine chaos.
Shana. Chaos Under Pressure.
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Something Rotten on the Isle of Anglesey
A romantic trip to the Welsh goes horribly wrong when emails from a deceased ex-boyfriend threaten to derail everything in Worm, Ned Caderni’s assured debut.
Michael, Stop. We’ve Had Enough.
In our first edition of Double Take, Redmond and Jared discuss Antoine Fuqua’s misguided and insidious Michael Jackson biopic.
Heat. A Bleak Glass Desert Mirage.
Capturing the Gulf States as they suffer from temperatures rising over 50 degrees, Jacqueline Zünd’s Heat is a bleak and bold artistic vision.
“You never see factories in cinema” — Christian Petzold on Miroirs No. 3
Christian Petzold sits down with Journey Into Cinema to discuss Miroirs No.3, arguing with his family, and why repairing things is the opposite of capitalism.
The Roots of Madness (It’s America)
The Roots of Madness is an excellent exploration of American intervention in the Middle East that sadly suffers from a fatal omission.
We Have To Survive Contemplates a World in Crisis
In We Have to Survive, Tales from Greenland, Australia, North Carolina and Mongolia show how the world is united in one thing: the threat of climate change.
Ukrainian Rhapsody in 16mm
Filmed over the course of ten years, Pieter-Jan De Pue’s documentary Mariinka is one of the best films made about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Sad Girlz Does It Well
Fernanda Tovar’s Sad Girlz is a touching tale of female friendship under the shadow of sexual violence — the winner of Berlinale Generation 14Plus.
The Beautifully Barmy Unidentified Nonflying Objects (UNO)
Unidentified Nonflying Objects is another freewheeling and deeply weird animated gem from the mind of Russian animator Sasha Svirsky.