The Return
Uberto Pasolini ably converts the last half of Homer’s Odyssey into a single narrative by focusing on the trauma of returning home when you’re no longer the person you were when you left.
Category Archives: Festival Coverage
Peacock
The premise of renting people to fill social roles resembles Werner Herzog’s FAMILY ROMANCE, LLC or Yorgos Lanthimos’ ALPS. Still, Bernhard Wenger, the film’s writer and director, takes the film in a different direction that feels very Östlund-esque but without Östlund’s satirical bite. As the film concludes, it feels like it has pulled its punches a little.
The Luckiest Man in America
Though THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA alludes to broader themes around media production and how broadcast media edits narratives to cut out the messy humanity of people’s lives, the film focuses on telling an entertaining story and highlighting Hauser’s performance.
Ghostlight
A tender and moving exploration of grief and art’s power to heal, GHOSTLIGHT’s performances, script, and tone are judged with expert subtlety and emotional authenticity.
Boys Go To Jupiter
BOYS GO TO JUPITER captures the fact that, with the future looming in terrifying, undefined finality ahead of you, the real world often feels like an absurd adventure full of dead ends and the never-ending grind. If only our world were this colourful and whimsical.
Stationed At Home
STATIONED AT HOME is a tale of community, discovery, dreams, and togetherness, bearing witness to everyday resilience and dreams.
The End
Though at first THE END seems like a strange direction for Joshua Oppenheimer, the themes of repression, denial, and delusion soon make a clear connection between this and his documentary work.
O Último Azul (The Blue Trail)
O ÚLTIMO AZUL (THE BLUE TRAIL) is a heartwarming road movie from Brazilian director and screenwriter Gabriel Mascaro, which was awarded the prestigious Silver Bear Grand Jury award at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival.
Tornado
TORNADO’s blending of genres is not always entirely successful, occasionally creating an uncanny feeling, but the film isn’t afraid to proudly showcase its influences and try something new with them.
Homegrown
Watching in 2025, we unfortunately know that the story of American neo-fascism has only continued, and so the ending of documentary HOMEGROWN seems both sad and premature.