The FilmSoc Blog is making their debut appearance at South by Southwest, a culture festival in Austin, Texas! In this first review, editor Lydia de …
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Berlinale 2021: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Guzen to Sozo) Review
Editor-in-Chief Tomi Haffety celebrates the realist cinema of Ryusuke Hamaguchi in this triptych of stories exploring coincidence and human relationships. There is something so passionate …
Berlinale 2021: ‘Ninjababy’ Review
Editor-in-Chief Pihla Pekkarinen appreciates quirky cinema in this review of a Norwegian comedy Everybody has their genre. Whether it’s WWI movies (I will never understand …
Berlinale 2021: ‘Who We Were’ (Wer Wir Waren) Review
Bryn Chiappe reviews this unique cinematic look into the international crises of climate change. Marc Bauder’s Who We Were sits somewhere in the grey area …
Berlinale 2021: ‘Drift Away’ (Albatros) Review
Luigi Barraza Cárdenas reviews this Competition entry exploring morality and losing one’s self control. Over the last decade, I have developed a (questionable) habit to …
Berlinale 2021: ‘A Short Vacation’ (Jong Chak Yeok) Review
Editor-in-chief Tomi Haffety reviews a Korean debut about friendship and identity. Featured in the Generation KPlus category, debut filmmakers Kwon Min-pro and Seo Hansol are …
Berlinale 2021: ‘Language Lessons’ Review
Luigi Barraza Cárdenas considers this heartfelt drama, which screened in the Berlin Special category. In a collective effort from the film industry to cope with …
Berlinale 2021: ‘Introduction’ (인트로덕션) Review
Editor-in-chief Tomi Haffety considers one of her favourite directors’ latest meditative drama. Why would anyone want to watch women talk about the differences between formal …
Berlinale 2021: ‘Petite Maman’ Review
Editor-in-chief Pihla Pekkarinen admires Céline Sciamma’s confident direction in her latest understated feature. Céline Sciamma exploded into the mainstream in 2019 with her thoughtful, touching …
Berlinale 2021: ‘I’m Your Man’ (Ich bin dein Mensch) Review
Editor-in-chief Tomi Haffety reviews a Berlinale award winner about the complexities of AI relationships. After Maria Schrader’s miniseries Unorthodox, released during the UK lockdown of …