Josef Gatti tells us little that we don’t already know in “Phenomena,” and that’s pretty much the point. In his first feature-length documentary, the Australian takes a seductive, hyper-sensory approach to...
If your first thought on encountering a film called “Pizza Movie” is that it’s kind of a dumb title, don’t worry: Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher‘s antic, frantic comedy is way...
Following an awkward transition into narrative filmmaking with 2024’s fact-inspired but melodrama-leaning “In Her Place,” “A Child of My Own” sees Chilean director Maite Alberdi returning to documentary cinema — albeit...
There are no luxuries and only the most essential comforts on offer at the remote Alpine refuge where “Forest High” is set: Hot water runs just a couple of hours a...
Before commencing the presentation of the Competition prizes, Berlin Film Festival jury president Wim Wenders began proceedings with a prepared statement, responding to the controversy that has blighted the festival since...
In the end, political cinema won out. At the closing ceremony of a Berlin Film Festival blighted by controversy and discourse over the political responsibilities or otherwise of art, German-Turkish filmmaker...
Drop the definite article and you have a more apt title for “At the Sea,” a drab and laborious recovery drama with a mystifying amount of major-league talent behind it. The...
While jumping through the hoops of her first U.S. awards season two years ago for “Anatomy of a Fall” and “The Zone of Interest,” it must have amused Sandra Hüller to...
