The Great Experiment (documentary) ★★½
George Washington once in a letter referred to the establishment of democracy in the USA as “the last great experimentContinue Reading
Author: Lida Bach
Molly vs the Machines (documentary) ★
On the surface, Marc Silver‘s didactic documentary Molly vs The Machines, screening at CPH:DOX after premiering earlier this month atContinue Reading
Cambodian Beer Dreams (documentary) ★★★
“There are so many beer advertisements that you can’t even see the road signs,” says Cambodian activist Kim Eng inContinue Reading
Petrolheads (documentary) ★★½
For those less into cars than the two tech-savvy heroes of Emil Langballe‘s unlikely underdog story: the Honda Civic isContinue Reading
The Arctic Circle of Lust (documentary) ★½
Ideology and intimacy, social norms and sexual self-realization are set up as a dramatic dichotomy in Markku Heikkinen‘s thematically waveringContinue Reading
Light Pillar ★★½
Immobility, introversion, and isolation make for a timely, if occasionally exhausting, focus for Xu Zao‘s dreamlike debut feature Light Pillar.Continue Reading
My Wife Cries ★
To anyone who made it through the roughly one and a half hours of Angela Schanelec‘s contrived conversation piece, itContinue Reading
Trial of Hein ★★½
There is a strange stage-like quality to Kai Stänicke‘s first feature Trial of Hein, premiering in the 76th Berlinale’s PerspectivesContinue Reading
Chronicles from the Siege ★★★½
Life continues in spite of death in Abdallah Al-Khatib‘s visceral feature debut that turns to moments of absurdist humor andContinue Reading
The River Train ★★★
Dream, drama, and documentary intertwine in Lorenzo Ferro and Lucas A. Vignale‘s ambitious, though often arcane coming-of-age tale, premiering atContinue Reading
