Reviews

Dir: George Fitzmaurice | Cast: Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Banky, Montagu Love | US, Silent drama 69' | English intertitles This simple love story of lust and betrayal is elevated by exquisite...

Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda | Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Clementine Grenier, Manon Clavil, Alain Libolt, Ludivine Sagnier | Drama, France Well known for his family-orientated dramas, Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest sees...

Glasgow is Scotland's creative capital. Famed for its Art Nouveau architecture and home to the Scottish Ballet, Scottish Opera and National Theatre of Scotland, the Clyde-side metropolis throbs with artistic...

Dir.: Stanley Kramer; Cast: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Marlene Dietrich, Werner Klemperer; USA 1961, 179 min. Director Stanley Kramer (1913-2001) was always ready to bring controversial stories...

Dir: Zhou Zhou | Cast: Yun Chi | Drama, China 89’ Chinese director Zhou Zhou follows Meili (2018) with another thoughtful female-centric story of alienation this time exploring the isolation of a...

Dir.: Luke Lorentzen; Documentary with Juan Ochoa, Fernando Ochoa, Josue Ochoa; Mexico 2019, 81 min. Mexico City has a population of 9 million people; there are fewer than 45 public ambulances...

Dir/scr: Massoud Bakhshi. Iran, France, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg. 2019. 89 mins Women are much maligned in Iran's sternly patriarchal society. Writer and director Massoud Bakhshi uses one woman's story to shed...

Dir.: Nuria Gimenez; Documentary with Ilse G. Ringier, Frank A. Lorang; Spain 2019, 73 min. "Lies are just another way of telling the truth". Spanish first time director/writer/co-editor Nuria Gimenez pulls off...

Carlo Chatrian announced his first Berlinale competition line-up describing it "quite dark' with a glittering array of "earth-shattering, and intimate stories" to screen from 20 until 1 March 2020. The 70th...