Vivian Qu’s Girls on Wire from China—A doomed attempt to combine social realism with #MeToo
The message of the movie appears not to go beyond the platitudes of MeToo: that “women” although, inevitably the victim, are also “strong,” while men invariably tend to be bad.
Clara Weiss•
The 75th Berlin International Film Festival—Part 8
Two films dealing with racism and fascism: The Moelln Letters and The Lie
Together with The German People, the documentaries The Moelln Letters and The Lie were met with great interest at this year’s Berlin film festival.
Bernd Reinhardt•
Kneecap, the movie—funny, noisy and sympathetic
Kneecap, the movie is part comedy, part fictionalised music biopic, part contribution to Irish language rights and part investigation of the state of mind of a generation in the North of Ireland.
Steve James•
Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17: Capitalism’s perfect worker—expendable and recyclable: “My entire life’s a … punishment”
Mickey 17, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, is a science fiction black comedy based on Edward Ashton's 2022 novel Mickey7.
Isabel Roy•
Martin Nowak, Bernd Reinhardt•
Joanne Laurier•
Isabel Roy, Verena Nees•
Isabel Roy, Verena Nees•
Stefan Steinberg•