FILM REVIEWS
Over the years, I've been lucky enough to attend and report from a number of leading film festivals around Europe -- among them, Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno, Rotterdam, etc. Here's a selection of the reviews I've filed amid screenings-packed schedules, various colds, and festival-induced hunger. To your left, the critics of the 2019 Berlinale Talents in their sleep-deprived, stoic splendour.
MUBI
Werner Herzog's "Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin"
Steven Soderbergh's "Che"
Noah Baumbach's "Marriage Story"
Robert Eggers' "The Lighthouse"
Pedro Almodóvar’s "Pain and Glory"
Wim Wender's "Wings of Desire"
David Fincher's "The Social Network"
Karolis Kaupinis's "Nova Lituania"
Diao Yi'nan's "The Wild Goose Lake"
Patrick Wang's "A Bread Factory - Part One and Two"
Sebastián Lelio's "A Fantastic Woman"
... a full list of all my MUBI articles can be accessed here.
The Film Stage
Céline Sciamma's "Portrait of a Lady on Fire"
Terrence Malick's "A Hidden Life"
Mariano Llinás' "La Flor"
Mati Diop's "Atlantics"
Lê Bao's "Taste"
James Vaughn's "Friends and Strangers"
Arun Karthick's "Nasir"
Valentyn Vasyanovych's "Atlantis"
Maya Da-Rin's "The Fever"
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "To the Ends of the Earth"
Truong Minh Quý’s "The Tree House"
Rúnar Rúnarsson's "Echo"
Christopher Makoto Yogi's "August at Akiko's"
Denis Côté's "Ghost Town Anthology"
Zhu Shengze's "Present.Perfect."
Brian Welsh's "Beats"
Ena Sendijarević's "Take Me Somewhere Nice"
Rubén Mendoza's "Niña Errante"
Orson Welles' "The Other Side of the Wind"
Hong Sang-soo's "Hotel by the River"
Dominga Sotomayor's "Too Late to Die Young"
Affonso Uchoa and João Duman's "Araby"
Carla Simón's "Summer 1993"
... a full list of all my articles for The Film Stage can be accessed here.
Kinoscope
Disarming Manhood, Raising Men: Toxic Masculinities in "Monos" and "Piranhas"
On Society's Margins: Sean Baker's "The Florida Project"
Hunched Bodies, Fragile Selves: Eliza Hittman's "Beach Rats"
A tragedy of two worlds: on Nelson Carlo de los Santos' "Cocote"
Eastern Promises: Gjorce Stavreski's "Secret Ingredient"
CineVue
Richard Linklater's "Last Flag Flying"