Film Festivals

Berlinale 2020: YALDA, A NIGHT FOR FORGIVENESS
Berlinale 2020: YALDA, A NIGHT FOR FORGIVENESS

Yalda, A Night For Forgivness is a solidly crafted a socially conscious film while making some truly bold cinematic choices.

Fantastic Film Festival Australia Report 1: Two British Genre Filmmakers Make Their Debut
Fantastic Film Festival Australia Report 1: Two British Genre Filmmakers Make Their Debut

In his first report from Fantastic Film Festival Australia 2020, Matthew Singleton reviews Saint Maud and A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life!

Berlinale 2020: Interview With DEATH OF NINTENDO Writer/Producer Valerie Martinez
Berlinale 2020: Interview With DEATH OF NINTENDO Writer/Producer Valerie Martinez

We were able to speak with Valerie Martinez, the writer and producer of Death of Nintendo.

Glasgow Film Festival 2020: PROXIMA: A Moving Portrait Of Motherhood
Glasgow Film Festival 2020: PROXIMA: A Moving Portrait Of Motherhood

With beautiful direction and cinematography, a haunting score, and excellent acting by Eva Green in particular, Proxima is a solemn, slow meditation on motherhood.

Berlinale Film Festival 2020: THE ASSISTANT
Berlinale 2020: THE ASSISTANT

For such a quietly paced film, The Assistant certainly tackles a very serious topic through an intensely contemplative lens.

Berlinale 2020: FIRST COW
Berlinale 2020: FIRST COW

While Reichardt seems to be well intentioned here, First Cow falters by being frustratingly empty in both its delivery and narrative focus.

Berlinale 2020: ANNE AT 13,000 FT
Berlinale 2020: ANNE AT 13,000 FT

Anne at 13,000 ft might not be exciting in the traditional sense, but it’s a film with hard-earned dramatic realism, and that is a type of excitement we don’t often see in cinema.

Sundance Film Festival 2020: POSSESSOR & BE WATER
Sundance Film Festival 2020: POSSESSOR & BE WATER

Wilson Kwong ends his coverage of Sundance with reviews of Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor and a documentary detailing the life of a Hong Kong legend (Bruce Lee, in Bao Nguyen’s Be Water).

“I Hope They Leave Feeling Uncomfortable.“ Sundance 2020, Interview with Writer/Director of HIGH TIDE Veronica Chen
“I Hope They Leave Feeling Uncomfortable.“ Sundance 2020 Interview With HIGH TIDE Writer/Director Veronica Chen

We were able to talk with Veronica Chen at Sundance Film Festival, director of the thriller High Tide.

Slamdance 2020: BIG FUR & TAHARA
Slamdance 2020: TAHARA & BIG FUR

Kristy Strouse was able to catch a couple Slamdance 2020 films, Big Fur and Tahara, and both were wildly different, but equally compelling.

Sundance 2020: BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS & ACASA, MY HOME
Sundance 2020: BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS & ACASA, MY HOME

Sundance docs Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets and Acasa, My Home both investigate what happens when the only thing you’ve known to be your life and home suddenly gets stripped away.

Fantastic Film Festival Australia 2020 Report: NOBADI & DINER
Fantastic Film Festival Australia 2020 Report: NOBADI & DINER

Ahead of Fantastic Film Festival Australia’s February 20th launch date, Alex Lines previews two of its most eclectic entries: Nobadi from Germany and Diner from Japan.

Sundance 2020: SAUDI RUNAWAY, BEAST BEAST, & ZOLA
Sundance 2020: SAUDI RUNAWAY, BEAST BEAST, & ZOLA

Covering Sundance Film Festival 2020, Janet Lee reviews documentary Saudi Runaway, and feature films Beast Beast and Zola.

Sundance 2020: Round Table Interview With Director & Cast Of THE NIGHT HOUSE
Sundance 2020: Round Table Interview With Director & Cast Of THE NIGHT HOUSE

We were able to speak with actors Rebecca Hall, Stacy Martin, and Evan Jonigkeit, and director David Bruckner from the film The Night House.

Sundance 2020: IRONBARK
Sundance 2020: IRONBARK

Idealism can be a tough sell, but Ironbark sells the hell out of it nevertheless, remaining firmly committed to its compassion for individuals caught up in the iron grip of history.