Film Reviews

8211 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 22/12/2025. 698 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Dry Ground Burning by Joana Pimenta, Adirley Queirós

22/02/2022

BERLINALE 2022: In the Brazilian favela of Sol Nascente, an all-female crime ring makes a play on the illegal gasoline trade in this bracing docu-drama mashup by Adirley Queirós and Joana Pimenta  

Mato seco em chamas

Mato seco em chamas

Memoryland by Kim Quy Bui

22/02/2022

BERLINALE 2022: Vietnamese filmmaker Kim Quy Bui's second feature is an oblique, spiritual and sometimes comic look at death and mourning  

Miền ký ức

Miền ký ức

No U-Turn by Ike Nnaebue

22/02/2022

BERLINALE 2022: Nollywood director Ike Nnaebue's accomplished Berlinale Documentary Award Special Mention-winning film tells a strong story but has a confusing attitude  

No U-Turn

No U-Turn

L'état et moi by Max Linz

22/02/2022

BERLINALE 2022: Director Max Linz takes it up with the German judicial system in his sometimes biting satire about criminal law  

L'état et moi

L'état et moi

Europe by Philip Scheffner

22/02/2022

BERLINALE 2022: In his fiction debut, Philip Scheffner recounts the story of a forced uprooting by playing with negative space  

Europe

Europe

Unrest by Cyril Schäublin

22/02/2022

BERLINALE 2022: There will be time for anarchist revolution in the watchmaking ateliers of Switzerland, claims rising and now Berlin-awarded filmmaker Cyril Schäublin  

Unrueh

Unrueh

We Haven't Lost Our Way by Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal

21/02/2022

BERLINALE 2022: Polish directorial duo Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal make a case for escaping, even if it’s only in one’s own head  

Nie zgubiliśmy drogi

Nie zgubiliśmy drogi

Alis by Clare Weiskopf, Nicolas van Hamelryck

21/02/2022

BERLINALE 2022: Clare Weiskopf and Nicolas van Hamelryck’s award-winning doc gives a voice to young Colombian women who are now virtually deprived of their freedom, but not of their hope  

Alis

Alis

Jet Lag by Zheng Lu Xinyuan

21/02/2022

BERLINALE 2022: In her hybrid documentary-video essay, Zhen Lu Xinyuan searches for parallels between her COVID-19 isolation and her family’s tracing of their roots  

Jet Lag

Jet Lag

The Kegelstatt Trio by Rita Azevedo Gomes

21/02/2022

BERLINALE 2022: Portuguese auteur Rita Azevedo Gomes dusts off an old two-character play written by Éric Rohmer, allowing her cast to proceed and talk, talk, talk  

O trio em mi bemol

O trio em mi bemol

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