A Categories Berlinale Criticism Jakob Åsell Always Amber is an experimental and tender tale of riendship A kaleidoscopic collage of various video formats that beats in synch with the restless heart of its teenage protagonist
M Categories Berlinale Criticism David G. Hughes MR. JONES Soviet takedown is a resolute, old-fashioned historical drama in the best sense
T Categories Berlinale Criticism Savina Petkova The Souvenir is an exquisite story of class and the crucifix of love A story of ultimate acceptance, class dichotomy, and the crucifix that love can be
G Categories Berlinale Criticism Savina Petkova GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNIJA Showcases the necessity of a practical feminism for the everyday small-town woman
S Categories Berlinale Criticism Manon Girault SELFIE Berlinale film enlarges the documentary genre’s repertoire of formats
O Categories Berlinale Criticism Manon Girault OUT STEALING HORSES An elegiac poem to father-son relationships and the tumultuous Nordic landscape that mediates it
B Categories Berlinale Criticism David G. Hughes BY THE GRACE OF GOD François Ozon wrestles with theological questions on His own turf
T Categories Berlinale Criticism Savina Petkova THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA Symbolic layers, religion, history, and myths take centre stage in soul-searching Greek drama
T Categories Berlinale Criticism Savina Petkova THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS Lone Scherfig is cheerleader for a straightforward, universal, quasi-religious empathy
L Categories Berlinale Criticism Savina Petkova LIGHT OF MY LIFE Less mea culpa for Casey Affleck, more a bold testament to parenthood and self-assertion