Kevin Jagernauth - The Film Verdict

Passages

Passages is a steamy, sensitive, and surprisingly funny look at the complications of modern love.

This companion to Bad Living is a repetitive exploration of deceitful mothers and toxic families that offers no new insights.

The feel bad movie of Berlinale is a bleak and punishing look at familial decay that’s both manipulative and dishonest.

Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s silly single location thriller is too straight-faced to be any fun.

Frauke Finsterwalder delivers yet another take on the life of Empress Sisi, but can’t escape the long shadow of the much more spirited ‘Corsage’.