Berlinale Berlinale: “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” is quite a trip By: Reyzando Nawara Radu Jude's latest is as unsubtle as it is gripping, a strange tryptich about sex, justice, and communal madness.
Berlinale Berlinale 2021: “Night Raiders” warps Native issues into a weak YA thriller By: Peter Sobczynski Danis Goulet's sci-fi adventure intriguingly explores the systematic eradication of indigenous peoples through a Hunger Games lens, but falters when it leans too close to the conventions of that already-creaky genre.
Berlinale Berlinale 2021: “Language Lessons” is a celebration of human connection By: Reyzando Nawara Natalie Morales directs herself and Mark Duplass in a tender look at the bonds we form to save ourselves in a hard world.
Berlinale Berlinale: “Tides” revels in its unoriginality The sci-fi thriller takes no risks, and tries absolutely nothing you haven't seen before.
Berlinale Berlinale 2021: “Petite Maman” is Céline Sciamma’s ode to innocence By: Peter Sobczynski Céline Sciamma's followup to Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a graceful tale of rediscovered childhood.
Berlinale Berlinale 2021: Giallo meets Jeffrey Epstein in “The Scary of Sixty-first” By: Peter Sobczynski Dasha Nekrasova leaps out of the gate with an audacious, out-there horror debut as creepy as it is transgressive.
Berlinale Berlinale 2021: “I’m Your Man” is a bittersweet meditation on love By: Reyzando Nawara Dan Stevens stars as a seductive but malfunctioning robot companion in Maria Schrader's refreshing, tender exploration of longing.