Berlin Film Festival - Front Row Reviews

Berlin Film Festival 2017 – Una Mujer Fantastica review

February 16, 2017

It is seemingly never far from a festival director’s mind to include films that challenge the social mores of society. Boundary pushing and taboo-busting is as much a part of the motivating force behind film fe... Read More...

Berlin Film Festival 2017 – Final Portrait review

February 16, 2017

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Stanley Tucci is not a man to be rushed into the director’s chair. His latest effort, Final Portrait (which could also easily be renamed ‘Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man’), represents his first foray as a ... Read More...

Berlin Film Festival 2017 – Casting JonBenet

February 15, 2017

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Showcasing an approach that infused Louis Theroux’s My Scientology Movie, Australian filmmaker Kitty Green analyses her subject through a procession of casting calls for a realisation of a crime that shook a sm... Read More...

Berlin Film Festival 2017 – The Dinner review

February 15, 2017

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When it comes to literal titles, The Dinner certainly addresses its brief. An adaptation of Herman Koch’s novel, this is a dinner tale infused with clammy claustrophobia. It is also more puffed out and bloated ... Read More...

4.0

Berlin Film Festival 2016: Things To Come (L’Avenir) review

February 15, 2016

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A forlorn, circumspect amble through turmoil in advancing age is the motor behind Mia Hansen-Love’s downbeat Things To Come (L’avenir). A departure from her previous works focusing on youth, her contemplative fifth feature nestles in competition for the prestigious Golden Bear. It is easy to observe why.

4.0

Berlin Film Festival 2016: Hail, Caesar Review

February 11, 2016

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Loaded with a big name cast hamming it up to the nines, Joel and Ethan Coen return having shamelessly plumbed and thumbed the contents of their contact list to wield some starry-eyed gloss to their affectionate, yet also occasionally cutting, look at the Hollywood machine in the 1950s in Hail, Caesar.

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Berlin Film Festival 2017 – Una Mujer Fantastica review

Berlin Film Festival 2017 – Final Portrait review

Berlin Film Festival 2017 – Casting JonBenet

Berlin Film Festival 2017 – The Dinner review

Berlin Film Festival 2016: Things To Come (L’Avenir) review

Berlin Film Festival 2016: Hail, Caesar Review

Win Viceroy’s House on Blu-ray

Win Pablo Larraín’s Neruda on Blu-ray

Win Hidden Figures on Blu-ray

Win The Goose Steps Out on Blu-ray