Berlinale 2026: London, Everything Else is Noise, If Pigeons Turned to Gold, Ghost in the Cell, AnyMart
Over the past few years the same thing kept happening at Berlinale. I’d see an early screening of something stunningContinue Reading
Author: Sean Erickson
Berlinale 2026: Previewing the Competition
Once again, Berlin’s cinematic high holidays are upon us, with the 76th edition of the Berlinale film festival set toContinue Reading
Train Dreams ★★½
There are endless ways a movie can frustrate a viewer. In the case of Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams, it’s theContinue Reading
Orwell: 2+2=5 (documentary) ★★★½
In 2016, Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election and, appropriately enough, the Oxford English Dictionary’s wordContinue Reading
One Battle After Another ★★★★
“The revolution will not be televised.” It’s the title of the classic Gil Scott-Heron song, a defining, poetic ode toContinue Reading
Suspended Time ★★★
These days, when we talk about COVID films, we’re usually talking about movies made under strict rules of pandemic-era filmmaking.Continue Reading
Cloud ★★★½
No one comes out clean in our post-capitalist world. You’re either exploited, or you’re an exploiter. At least that’s whatContinue Reading
28 Years Later ★★½
A lot has happened since Danny Boyle and Alex Garland got together to revitalize the zombie movie genre with 2002’sContinue Reading
The Phoenician Scheme ★★★
Realizing that Wes Anderson has been plying his trade for over thirty years came as a minor shock to meContinue Reading
Havoc ★★★
If there’s one thing working against Gareth Evans’ Havoc, it’s time. There’s a small but passionately warped subset of cinephilesContinue Reading
