The Light
German writer-director Tom Tykwer returns to the big screen with ‘The Light’, a stylish and ambitious but ultimately shallow family psychodrama set in contemporary Berlin.
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Posted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 8, 2025 | The Festival Verdict, Featured, Festivals, Rotterdam 2025 |
The 54th edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam served up a cosmopolitan banquet of punky Balkan bio-drama and chilly Baltic brooding, arty African essay-films and mind-bending Mexican animation.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 8, 2025 | Festivals, Featured, Rotterdam 2025 |
In her sprawling but boldly original debut feature ‘Red Stars Upon the Field’, Laura Laabs turns the hidden skeletons of German history into a maximalist magical murder mystery tour.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 6, 2025 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2025 |
Science fact is stranger that science fiction in this tonally flat but fascinating documentary profile of controversial dolphin whisperer, inner-space psychonaut and LSD enthusiast John C. Lilly.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 1, 2025 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2025 |
Dutch writer-director Aaron Rookus explores the funny side of death, depression and existential despair in his witty, well-crafted tragicomedy ‘Idyllic’.
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