On paper, turning the terrorist attack that killed 77 people on the Norwegian island of Utøya on July 22nd, 2011 into a feature film seems like a very risky idea. How do you respectfully honour those members of the Labour Youth League who were brutally murdered in order to satisfy a twisted political agenda? These […]
Reviews
Daughter of Mine – Berlinale 2018 Review
One day at the rodeo, the nine year old Vittoria (Sara Casu) accidentally walks in on a woman having sex with a random stranger. Little does she know that this woman is actually her mother, Angelica (Alba Rohrwacher), who is also severely in debt. When Angelica gave birth to Vittoria, she was given to Tina […]
Eva – Berlinale 2018 Review
It starts with a male escort named Betrand (Gaspard Ulliel) giving one of his ailing clients a bath. This client is an acclaimed writer reaching the end of his career — with only one last play left ready to publish. When the writer suddenly dies, however, Bertrand sees his chance, heading straight out of there […]
Hotel Jugoslavija – Berlinale 2018 Review
The Hotel Jugoslavija in Belgrade was once the talk of the town, regularly hosting international heads of state in its heyday of the 70s and 80s. Eventually taken over by criminals and brutally bombed by NATO in 1999, it has lost most of its former glory. Nevertheless, you can still make a booking for just […]
The Heiresses – Berlinale 2018 Review
The Heiresses is slow-burning drama at its best, lighting a fuse that doesn’t go off until the final shot. A carefully wrought piece about understanding who you are and what you want in this life, it displays a complete mastery of narrative from director Marcelo Martinessi. The film concerns Chela (Ana Brum) and Chiquita (Margarita […]
Pulling Focus: Good Time (2017)
“Are you feeling this? are you feeling as good as I’m feeling right now?” – Connie Nikas (played by Robert Pattinson) We’re here for a good time, not a long time Running-on-ice at breakneck speed are a pair of expeditious society’s free agents in the frenzied form of Constantine “Connie” Nikas (Robert Pattinson) and […]