More from Jordan Mintzer
‘Raging Grace’ Review: Immigration and Exploitation Seen Through a Cheeky Horror-Film Lens
Premiering at SXSW, writer-director Paris Zarcilla’s first feature follows a Filipino immigrant and single mom who works as the caretaker of a haunted British estate.
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‘If You Were the Last’ Review: Anthony Mackie and Zoë Chao in an Outer-Space Rom-Com Whose Boosters Fail to Ignite
In Kristian Mercado’s feature debut premiering at SXSW, the actors play a pair of astronauts lost in space and caught in a burgeoning love affair.
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‘Story Ave’ Review: Luis Guzmán in a Touching if Familiar Bronx Tale
Jamie Foxx is one of the producers on this SXSW premiere about a high-school student (Asante Blackk) from the Bronx trying to stay out of trouble and make it as an artist.
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‘On the Adamant’ Review: Nicolas Philibert’s Touching Exploration of Creativity and Mental Illness
A unique psychiatric treatment center in the heart of Paris is chronicled in a documentary that premiered in Berlin’s main competition.
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‘20,000 Species of Bees’ Review: A Tender and Assured Feature Debut About Gender and the Generational Divide
Spanish filmmaker Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s drama follows an 8-year-old who begins to transition and the effect it has on the child's family.
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‘#Manhole’ Review: High-Concept J-Horror Movie Overstays Its Welcome
Japanese pop singer Yuto Nakajima is the sole star of Kayuoshi Kumakiri’s latest gory thriller, which premiered in Berlin’s Panorama sidebar.
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‘The Plough’ Review: Director Philippe Garrel’s Very French Family Affair
The 74-year-old auteur's latest stars his own three children — Louis Garrel, Esther Garrel and Lena Garrel — in a story about a patriarch handing over the reins of his long-running puppet theatre.
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‘Music’ Review: German Auteur Angela Schanelec’s Elegant if Highly Enigmatic Modern Myth
The winner of the 2019 Silver Bear award returns to the Berlinale with a film inspired by the tragedy of Oedipus, starring French actors Aliocha Schneider and Agathe Bonitzer.
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‘Ingeborg Bachmann — Journey Into the Desert’ Review: Vicky Krieps Shines in Margarethe von Trotta’s Lackluster Literary Biopic
The German director portrays the tumultuous love affair the Austrian poet had with Swiss playwright Max Frisch.
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‘Kill Boksoon’ Review: Netflix’s Busy Korean Fight Flick Is Both Supercharged and Sensitive
Jeon Do-yeon ('The Housemaid') stars in an action-packed feature as a kickass assassin who’s also a concerned mother.
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‘Superpower’ Review: Sean Penn’s Intensive and Very Firsthand Account of the War in Ukraine
The Hollywood actor and activist chronicles Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the ground, including three exclusive interviews with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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‘Perpetrator’ Review: A Gory Horror Thriller With Cult Appeal
Writer-director Jennifer Reeder ('Knives and Skin,' 'Night’s End') premiered her latest blood-soaked feature, with a cameo from Alicia Silverstone, in Berlin’s Panorama sidebar.
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