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Film Review | Bornholmer Strasse: Breaking down the barriers

Screening at the German-Maltese Circle next week to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall, Christian Schwochow’s film finds humour in...

Film Review | The King: Unsurprisingly, Shakespeare did it better

Netflix’s attempt at weighty historical drama attempts to capitalise on Timothée Chalamet’s star power, but he hardly packs enough wattage to elegantly carry...

On the road with the international persons of mystery

While fourth time may not exactly be a charm, F. Gary Gray’s attempt at...

While fourth time may not exactly be a charm, F. Gary...

Film Review | Greta: Mining those predictable thrills

Though it certainly packs a suspenseful punch in its final act, Neil...

Though it certainly packs a suspenseful punch in its final...

Film Review | Happy As Lazzaro: An insidious happiness

Alice Rohrwacher’s dissection of capitalist injustice is a cutting but...

Alice Rohrwacher’s dissection of capitalist injustice...

Film Review | Avengers: Endgame: For to end, yet again...

With Avengers: Endgame, Marvel Studios close a first mammoth chapter on an...

With Avengers: Endgame, Marvel Studios close a first...

Film Review | Limestone Cowboy: Lonesome rider on the campaign trail

Abigail Mallia’s quirky homegrown comedy is a disarmingly heartfelt and...

Abigail Mallia’s quirky homegrown comedy is a...

Film Review | The Silence: Looking for another quiet place

The latest offering in post-apocalyptic horror from the Netflix stable is...

The latest offering in post-apocalyptic horror from the...

Film Review | Enter the Anime: No use walking through this door

It may present itself as an eye-opening glimpse into Japanese animation, but...

It may present itself as an eye-opening glimpse into...

Cult filmmaker Jim Jarmusch does not quite scale career-best heights with this smug, post-modern take on the zombie genre, but there’s more than enough...

Cult filmmaker Jim Jarmusch does not quite scale...

Film Review | Spider-Man: Far from home. Spidey does the European Grand Tour

Marvel Studios shakes off the dust that settles after Avengers: Endgame with an only slightly more low-key adventure that shoves Spider-Man way outside the...

Marvel Studios shakes off the dust that settles after...

[WATCH] Filming of German series Das Boot 2 starts at Malta Film Studios

The series' producers said that Malta's climate and the unique water tanks at Malta Film Studios in Kalkara were the reason they had returned to shoot...

The series' producers said that Malta's climate and...

Film Review | For all your ambivalent and trippy summer needs

The Kinemastik Short Film Festival turns fifteen next weekend. Ahead of its...

The Kinemastik Short Film Festival turns fifteen next...

Film Review | Knife+Heart: An irresistibly lurid swerve down giallo lane

Yann Gonzalez orchestrates a seedy-and-saturated trip down ‘giallo’ lane but takes a decidedly queer twist with this explicit downward spiral about...

Yann Gonzalez orchestrates a seedy-and-saturated trip down...

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Film review | Destroyer: Redemption ain’t easy

Shot with a polish that’s overqualified for its B-movie provenance, and...

Shot with a polish that’s overqualified for its...

Building micro-stories out of Malta’s ‘Babylon of hatred’ | Maxime Durand

Independent filmmaker Maxime Durand speaks to MaltaToday about ‘Coming Soon’; his self-produced series of humorous shorts inspired by Malta’s...

Independent filmmaker Maxime Durand speaks to MaltaToday...

Russian Doll and Sex Education | High concept goes delectably bite-sized

Netflix lands a double-whammy with Sex Education and Russian Doll - eight-episode series that grip you with a perfect hook and deliver a zany journey

Netflix lands a double-whammy with Sex Education and...

Film Review | Velvet Buzzsaw: Yet another Netflix letdown

Jake Gyllenhall and Rene Russo re-unite with ‘Nightcrawler’...

Jake Gyllenhall and Rene Russo re-unite with...

Film review | The Favourite: When ambition and sadism go hand in hand

Greek weird-wunderkind Yorgos Lanthimos lands his most mainstream success yet...

Greek weird-wunderkind Yorgos Lanthimos lands his most...

Film Review | Colette: Lush but unsentimental

Keira Knightley is on top form in this biopic about the taboo-smashing titular...

Keira Knightley is on top form in this biopic about the...