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.
Category Archives: Reviews
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.
The Surfer
While THE SURFER does not deliver many surprises beyond the details of Cage’s character’s trials, humiliations, and triumphs, fans of Cage, Australian dramas, and a B-movie’s relish for the extreme will find it lives up to the promise of its premise with aplomb.
Stealing Pulp Fiction
STEALING PULP FICTION has an ironic postmodern sensibility combining a reverence for cinema and the cinema-going experience – midnight screenings, overflowing tubs of popcorn, the smell of 35mm prints – with an ironic appreciation of Quentin Tarantino’s own postmodern work.
Mr. K
While it’s visually striking and Crispin Glover gives a wonderful performance as the main character, MR. K’s web of allusions to other works grows a little thin and leaves you wondering what the film says on its own.
The Brutalist
The film will stand the test of time, both in terms of the ideas and questions it raises, as well as a beautiful example of the moving image. However, something about THE BRUTALIST arriving now lends the film potency.
A Real Pain
Exploring the intricate characters of A REAL PAIN creates a surprising emotional authenticity and a sense of transparent peace that leaves a bittersweet aftertaste.
Flow
The unique approach of FLOW streams through the entire feature, from its animation style to character behaviour, in a way that deepens the impact of its themes of solidarity, companionship, and harmony.
On Falling
ON FALLING achieves the difficult credit of being both a deeply affecting character story and a compelling indictment of how precarious labour markets undermine our communities.