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7870 film reviews available in total starting from 04/09/2002. Last updated on 02/07/2025. 762 film reviews inserted in the last 12 months.

The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation by Avi Mograbi

09/03/2021

BERLINALE 2021: Celebrated Israeli documentarian Avi Mogbrai returns to Berlin with a bleak, talking heads-driven study of Israeli military policy  

The First 54 Years – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation

The First 54 Years  – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation

Genderation by Monika Treut

09/03/2021

BERLINALE 2021: In Monika Treut's follow-up to Gendernauts, it's mostly the real-estate battle that the old heroes are waging these days. But 20 years later, they sure keep on fighting  

Genderation

Genderation

Instructions for Survival by Yana Ugrekhelidze

08/03/2021

BERLINALE 2021: Yana Ugrekhelidze's documentary follows Alexander, a female-to-male transgender individual forced to lead a life of secrecy in his home country  

Instructions for Survival

Instructions for Survival

An Zéro – Comment le Luxembourg a disparu by Myriam T., Julien Becker

08/03/2021

Julien Becker and Myriam T.’s docu-fiction imagines the consequences of a nuclear catastrophe on the future of the Grand Duchy  

An Zéro – Comment le Luxembourg a disparu

An Zéro – Comment le Luxembourg a disparu

Glück/Bliss by Henrika Kull

08/03/2021

BERLINALE 2021: German filmmaker Henrika Kull's second feature deals with identity, self-determination and female empowerment in the story of a romance between two women in a Berlin brothel  

Glück/Bliss

Glück/Bliss

Fabian - Going to the Dogs by Dominik Graf

08/03/2021

BERLINALE 2021: Set during the decline of the Weimar Republic, Dominik Graf’s film fails to be relevant or engaging, despite Tom Schilling and Saskia Rosendahl’s best efforts  

Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde

Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde

All Eyes Off Me by Hadas Ben Aroya

05/03/2021

BERLINALE 2021: It's hard work to be liberated in Hadas Ben Aroya's sometimes risqué, sometimes tender second feature, shown in Panorama  

Mishehu Yohav Mishehu

Mishehu Yohav Mishehu

The Seed by Mia Maariel Meyer

05/03/2021

BERLINALE 2021: Mia Maariel Meyer's gritty drama is an accomplished work, and a punishing look at the cruel labour exploitation of today  

Die Saat

Die Saat

Ancient Soul by Alvaro Gurrea

05/03/2021

BERLINALE 2021: Álvaro Gurrea’s feature debut might be an enigmatic, free-spirited and suggestive plunge into Indonesian spirituality, but it ends up being weighed down by its slow pace  

Mbah Jhiwo

Mbah Jhiwo

Jack's Ride by Susana Nobre

05/03/2021

BERLINALE 2021: On the verge of retirement, a sixty-something mechanic and ex-limo driver ponders the big stuff, in this sleepy docufiction hybrid by Portuguese filmmaker Susana Nobre  

No Táxi do Jack

No Táxi do Jack

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