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Mutt (2023) ‘Berlinale’ Review: A Day in the Life of a Trans Man Living in New York

Ahendrila Goswami — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 02:04:22 +0000

In one of my favorite scenes from Mutt (2023), directed by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz, John tells Feña that he has seen him naked several times when the latter expresses his discomfort at taking his shirt off in front of him. Although John has been Feña’s ex-boyfriend, he remarks that it is not the same thing now…

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Silver Haze (2023): ‘Berlinale’ Review – An Exploration of Relationships Beyond the Familial and the Romantic

Amartya Acharya — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 17:00:38 +0000

Tibor Dingestad’s cinematography in this movie is used to accentuate colors and specific moments. Take the opening of “Silver Haze,” where the movie intercuts between Franky (Vicky Knight) making a joint and having sex with her current boyfriend. The intercutting between these moments, bathed in the red glow (of a red tent) or in the…

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Delegation (2023) ‘Berlinale’ Review – A Kaleidoscopic Portrait of Cultural Trauma, Shifting Identities, & Growing Pains

Debopriyaa Dutta — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 16:00:16 +0000

Delegation ‘Ha’Mishlahat’ (2023) ‘Berlinale’ Review: Asaf Saban’s feature debut, Outdoors (Bayit Bagalil), achieved acclaim for a good reason. Despite propping up the telltale beats of a straight-cut marital drama, the film etches a thoughtful, generation-spanning portrait of loss, desire, and angst. Saban, gifted with the ability to capture the heart of what drives his layered,…

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The Teachers’ Lounge (2023): ‘Berlinale’ Review – A Heartbreaking Drama About a Teacher’s Fight for Survival at Work

Ahendrila Goswami — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:00:47 +0000

The Teachers’ Lounge (2023) Berlinale Review: When Ms. Nowak is interviewing for the school newspaper and asked about the differences in opinions among the staff members, she remarks, “What happens in the teacher’s lounge stays in the teacher’s lounge.” İlker Çatak’s German drama, The Teacher’s Lounge – turns the idealism of this new teacher headlong.…

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Sea Sparkle (2023): ‘Berlinale’ Review – On Grief and its Repercussions of the Loss of a Father

Ahendrila Goswami — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 15:00:29 +0000

Sea Sparkle (2023) ‘Berlinale’ Review: In one of my favorite books on grief, Max Porter’s Grief is the Thing with Feathers, the author imagines grief to take the shape of a crow. The intensity of the loss translates into the crow’s jabberwocky speech and hovering presence over a father and his sons as they reel…

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Geographies of Solitude [2022]: ‘Berlinale’ Review – A visually stunning documentary on a solo woman living on an island

Santanu Das — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 10:17:46 +0000

Zoe Lucas is the voice that guides Geographies of Solitude, the new documentary directed by Jacquelyn Mills, that premiered at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival. It won’t be surprising if you didn’t know about Lucas, who has spent more than four decades in Sable Island, a remote strip of land that is considered one of…

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