Unrest
Cyril Schäublin’s Berlin prize-winner ‘Unrest’ is a playful, gently subversive, precision-tooled drama about anarchist watch-makers in 19th century Switzerland.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 14, 2022 | Berlin, CANNES MARCHE' DU FILM, Festivals |
Spanish director Isaki Lacuesta’s powerful eyewitness drama ‘One Year, One Night’ chronicles the shattering aftershocks of the 2015 Bataclan theatre attack on one young Parisian couple.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 13, 2022 | Berlin, Featured, Festivals |
French director Mikhaël Hers falls short of his Rohmer-esque ambitions in ‘Passengers of the Night’, a sprawling family drama set in 1980s Paris.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 13, 2022 | Berlin, Festivals |
Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver play abortion rights activists in director Phyllis Nagy’s worthy but timid debut feature ‘Call Jane’.
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dalton | Feb 12, 2022 | Berlin, Festivals, Spotlight |
French screen heavyweights Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon trade bruising blows in ‘Both Sides of the Blade’, a conventional but gripping love-triangle drama from veteran Gallic auteur Claire Denis.
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