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7852 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 18/06/2025. 776 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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The Silent Revolution by Lars Kraume

21/02/2018

BERLIN 2018: Lars Kraume gives us a magnificent historical account, both intelligent and shocking, of the act of resistance of some East German students in 1956  

Das schweigende Klassenzimmer

Das schweigende Klassenzimmer

Silent Roar by Johnny Barrington

22/08/2023

This year’s Edinburgh opener is a strong debut from newcomer Johnny Barrington, who consistently undercuts the tenets of social realism with hints of the magical and the dreamlike  

Silent Roar

Silent Roar

Silent Storms by Dania Reymond

03/12/2024

In Dania Reymond-Boughenou’s speculative debut feature, the weight of Algerian Civil War history cannot physically be held back in a community confronted by mysterious events  

Les Tempêtes

Les Tempêtes

Silvana by Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring, Christina Tsiobanelis

12/06/2018

Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring and Christina Tsiobanelis’ documentary on the Swedish feminist and hip-hop star raises issues of sexuality, gender identity and cultural heritage  

Silvana - väck mig när ni vaknat

Silvana - väck mig när ni vaknat

Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish by Lei Lei

08/02/2022

Spanning 20 years of Chinese history, Lei Lei’s animated documentary follows the struggles of a family from the county of Ningdu as their lives are torn apart by the system  

Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish

Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish

Silver Haze by Sacha Polak

22/02/2023

BERLINALE 2023: Dutch filmmaker Sacha Polak reunites with Vicky Knight, the lead actress from Dirty God, in this romantic tale derived partly from the latter’s life  

Silver Haze

Silver Haze

Silver Star by Ruben Amar, Lola Bessis

19/12/2024

The surprising French filmmakers Lola Bessis and Ruben Amar sign in the US a tense road movie, full of charm and humour, à la Thelma and Louise  

Silver Star

Silver Star

Sima's Song by Roya Sadat

09/12/2024

The political eclipses the personal in Roya Sadat’s film about two friends living in Afghanistan on the eve of the 1978 Soviet invasion  

Sima's Song

Sima's Song

Simon Calls by Marta Sousa Ribeiro

29/09/2020

Marta Sousa Ribeiro’s first full-length feature explores the labyrinth of adolescence, switching up formats to portray the chaos, confusion and yearning of this transitional stage of life  

Simon Chama

Simon Chama

Simon's Got a Gift by Léo Karmann

14/11/2019

Léo Karmann has opted for magical realism and a labyrinth of mirrors, further distorting multiple identities, in a simple yet astonishing first feature film  

La Dernière Vie de Simon

La Dernière Vie de Simon

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