Film Reviews

7911 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 29/07/2025. 760 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

Islands by Jan Ole Gerster

17/02/2025

BERLINALE 2025: Jan-Ole Gerster’s new film is a well-crafted story about a man who lives borrowed lives  

Islands

Islands

The Kiss of the Grasshopper by Elmar Imanov

17/02/2025

BERLINALE 2025: Elmar Imanov's surrealist second feature is an introspective journey through the melancholy, solitude and backsliding that inevitably accompany the loss of a loved one  

Der Kuss des Grashüpfers

Der Kuss des Grashüpfers

Reflection in a Dead Diamond by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani

17/02/2025

BERLINALE 2025: Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani present a baroque spy film with some crazy twists and turns, which is both fun and exhausting  

Reflet dans un diamant mort

Reflet dans un diamant mort

The Ice Tower by Lucile Hadzihalilovic

17/02/2025

BERLINALE 2025: Lucile Hadžihalilović offers up a sensual yet peculiar rendition of The Snow Queen, a blend of modern fairy tale and coming-of-age story  

La Tour de Glace

La Tour de Glace

How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World by Florian Pochlatko

17/02/2025

BERLINALE 2025: In his feature debut, Florian Pochlatko dives into the head of a neurodiverse young woman who struggles to fit into a predetermined societal role  

How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

The Blue Trail by Gabriel Mascaro

16/02/2025

BERLINALE 2025: Gabriel Mascaro’s film is an explosive combination of a powerful leading character, stunning scenery, sharp humour and mystical rituals  

O último azul

O último azul

Köln 75 by Ido Fluk

16/02/2025

BERLINALE 2025: An 18-year-old concert promoter stages one of the most legendary jazz gigs in history, by Keith Jarrett, in Ido Fluk’s biopic  

Köln 75

Köln 75

Eighty Plus by Želimir Žilnik

16/02/2025

BERLINALE 2025: Serbian director Želimir Žilnik returns with a gentle, cross-generational story that applies his interest in social injustice in order to pick apart layers of history  

Restitucija, ili, San i java stare garde

Restitucija, ili, San i java stare garde

Where the Night Stands Still by Liryc Dela Cruz

15/02/2025

BERLINALE 2025: Liryc Dela Cruz plays with the shadows of exile and memory for a personal and controlled debut feature about Filipino siblings reuniting in Italy  

Come la notte

Come la notte

Hysteria by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay

15/02/2025

BERLINALE 2025: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay's anticipated second feature deals with the important issues of the position and representation of migrants in Europe, but leaves the viewer confused  

Hysteria

Hysteria

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