DramaFestivalReview Berlinale ’21 Special: Glossy Guantanamo pic “The Mauritanian” fails to raise above genre conventions Berlinale ’21 Special: Glossy Guantanamo pic “The Mauritanian” fails to raise above genre conventions Lidalost
DramaFestivalReview Berlinale ’21 Encounters: “District Terminal” gets lost in futility & hopelessness of life under suspension Berlinale ’21 Encounters: “District Terminal” gets lost in futility & hopelessness of life under suspension Lidalost
DocFestivalReview Berlinale ’21 Shorts: Doc “My Uncle Tudor” picturizes hauntingly homely recount of abuse Berlinale ’21 Shorts: Doc “My Uncle Tudor” picturizes hauntingly homely recount of abuse Lidalost
DramaFestivalReview Berlinale ’21 Wettbewerb: Penologic iniquity & patriarchal incapacitation intertwine in “Ballad of a White Cow” Berlinale ’21 Wettbewerb: Penologic iniquity & patriarchal incapacitation intertwine in “Ballad of a White Cow” Lidalost
DocFestivalReview Berlinale ’21 Panorama: “Dirty Feathers” draws gritty but dignified portrait of people on El Paso’s streets Berlinale ’21 Panorama: “Dirty Feathers” draws gritty but dignified portrait of people on El Paso’s streets Lidalost
DocFestivalReview Berlinale ’21 Panorama: Family doc “North by Current” looses focus on the way back home Berlinale ’21 Panorama: Family doc “North by Current” looses focus on the way back home Lidalost
FestivalHorrorReview Berlinale ’21 Encounters: “The Scary of Sixty-First” is scarily shallow sexploitation of Epstein’s crimes Berlinale ’21 Encounters: “The Scary of Sixty-First” is scarily shallow sexploitation of Epstein’s crimes Lidalost
AnimationFantasyFestivalReview Berlinale ’21 Generation: Animated “Cryptozoo” is as deluded & disatrous as its titular theme park Berlinale ’21 Generation: Animated “Cryptozoo” is as deluded & disatrous as its titular theme park Lidalost
DramaFantasyFestivalReview Berlinale ’21 Wettbewerb: Celine Sciamma’s marvelous magical realist “Petite Maman” Berlinale ’21 Wettbewerb: Celine Sciamma’s marvelous magical realist “Petite Maman” Lidalost
CrimeFestivalReview Berlinale ’21 Special: “Limbo” goes all the way to morally polluted purgatory Berlinale ’21 Special: “Limbo” goes all the way to morally polluted purgatory Lidalost
