April 2008

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Features

#Berlinale 2008: You Can't Always Get What You Want

It was a weak competition in which the artistry of Mike Leigh and Errol Morris raised the stakes - but did the unseasonable sunshine turn the jurors' heads, asks Nick James

#Berlinale 2008: Golden Bear

Jonathan Romney reviews Golden Bear-winner Elite Squad

#Berlinale 2008: Out Of Competition

Geoff Andrew ranges outside the competition

#Berlinale 2008: Forum

Tony Rayns uncovers the treasures of the Forum

#Mizoguchi Kenji: Artist Of The Floating World

The Japanese master is best known for tragic period dramas such as Sansho Dayu and Ugetsu Monogatari, which stirred western critics in the 1950s. But have his many films that comment directly on contemporary Japan been swept under the carpet, asks Alexander Jacoby

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Selected reviews

#DVD review: 4 by Agnès Varda

Tim Lucas on Agnès Varda, whose documentarian style constantly defies the trends and precepts of French cinema

#Film of the month: The Orphanage

J.A. Bayona's feature debut 'The Orphanage' uses the conventions of horror and ghost stories to explore Spain's need to face up to its buried history. By Maria Delgado

#California Dreamin' (Endless)

#Flight of the Red Balloon

Reviews in this issue:

  • DVD review: 4 by Agnès Varda
  • The Baker
  • The Book of Revelation
  • Bunny Chow Know Thyself
  • California Dreamin' (Endless)
  • Children of Glory
  • City of Men/Cidade dos homens
  • Cloverfield
  • The Cottage
  • Definitely, Maybe
  • Drillbit Taylor
  • Escape from Luanda
  • The Escapist
  • Fade to Black
  • Flight of the Red Balloon
  • Funny Games
  • The Game Plan
  • GamerZ
  • Garage
  • Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds Concert
  • I'm a Cyborg
  • Jumper
  • Lars and the Real Girl
  • Love in the Time of Cholera
  • Midnight Talks
  • Mister Lonely
  • My Brother Is an Only Child
  • Film of the month: The Orphanage
  • The Other Boleyn Girl
  • Out of the Blue
  • Over Her Dead Body
  • Rambo
  • River Queen
  • Shotgun Stories
  • Son of Rambow
  • Under the Bombs
  • Untraceable
  • Vantage Point
  • Water Lilies
  • You, the Living
Last Updated: 20 Dec 2011