Identified only by their last name, Tu, the husband and wife in Brief History of a Family have built their comfortably middle-class life together in accordance with China’s…
Read more ‘Brief History of a Family’ Review: Subtle Psychological Thriller Puts a Contemporary Chinese Family Under the MicroscopeAustrian filmmaking duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala seemingly never met a remote woodland setting that didn’t feel like the right place to strand a traumatized woman. Following…
Read more ‘The Devil’s Bath’ Review: A Disturbing Psychodrama About a Woman Driven to Extremes in 18th-Century Rural AustriaThe European Film Market is off to a strong start, buoyed by post-strike optimism and a truly impressive lineup of projects on offer in Berlin this year, including…
Read more Berlin: Why Streamers’ Belt Tightening Casts A Shadow Over IndiesFrom beefcake Calvin Klein ads to Dungeons & Dragons, 1990s pop culture is hitting peak nostalgia. But in A24’s I Saw the TV Glow, writer-director Jane Schoenbrun examines the decade with…
Read more Berlin Hidden Gem: ’90s Nostalgia, Media and Horror Collide in ‘I Saw the TV Glow’It continues to be a busy winter for Cillian Murphy, having landed a best actor Oscar nomination for his $1 billion grosser Oppenheimer. Nonetheless, Murphy will be on hand at…
Read more Berlin: Cillian Murphy on How Christopher Nolan Influenced His Fest Opener ‘Small Things Like These’The Berlin Film Festival has pulled invites for members of the German far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party for the opening ceremony of the 2024 Berlinale on Feb.…
Read more Berlin Fest Pulls Invites for Far-Right Politicians After Backlash
