Berlinale
While Beautiful Beings is well-intentioned and certainly emotionally resonant in parts, it stops short of having a lasting emotional effect.
Xavier Beauvois’ Albatros starts off as a low-key police procedural drama before transforming into a generic meditation on guilt and grief.
Using found footage, Ignacio Ceroi builds a poignant dwelling on the contemporary nomad that beautifully conveys a man’s existential quest.
Wilson Kwong reviews two more films from Berlinale 2020: Undine and The Intruder (El Prófugo).
Wilson Kwong reviews two more films from the Berlin International Film Festival: Schwesterlein and epic crime saga Berlin Alexanderplatz.
The director (Yeung) and cast of Suk Suk (Tai Bo, Ben Yuen, Patra Au) sat down with Film Inquiry to talk about the film when it was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival.
We spoke with Pari director Siamak Etemadi about the tone of the film, its lead, and how he expects Western audiences will receive the film.
Wilson Kwong reviews two films from emerging filmmakers that screened at Berlinale 2020: Ordinary Justice and Pari.
The Roads Not Taken is surprisingly immersive and punctuated with many emotional beats along the way.
To say that Tsai Ming-Liang’s Rizi is a challenging film would be understating the staggering experience of actually watching the film.
Yalda, A Night For Forgivness is a solidly crafted a socially conscious film while making some truly bold cinematic choices.
We were able to speak with Valerie Martinez, the writer and producer of Death of Nintendo.
For such a quietly paced film, The Assistant certainly tackles a very serious topic through an intensely contemplative lens.
While Reichardt seems to be well intentioned here, First Cow falters by being frustratingly empty in both its delivery and narrative focus.
Anne at 13,000 ft might not be exciting in the traditional sense, but it’s a film with hard-earned dramatic realism, and that is a type of excitement we don’t often see in cinema.
