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This Is Not Berlin uses one young man's sexual and cultural awakening as the fuel for a personal story with widely resonant themes.
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The details are fresh and the lead actor holds the screen even as his character withholds himself, defining who he will be in his own time and on his own terms. August 29, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
The details are fresh and the lead actor holds the screen even as his character withholds himself, defining who he will be in his own time and on his own terms.
Ty Burr
Both edgy and sensitive... It doesn't go in the directions that you necessarily expect. August 26, 2019 | Full Review…
Both edgy and sensitive... It doesn't go in the directions that you necessarily expect.
Claudia Puig
Family tragedy, legal matters, and the World Cup all zip through the drama, which has a miniseries' worth of incidents that get dispatched in quick, merely informational scenes filmed with little style or imagination. August 26, 2019 | Full Review…
Family tragedy, legal matters, and the World Cup all zip through the drama, which has a miniseries' worth of incidents that get dispatched in quick, merely informational scenes filmed with little style or imagination.
Richard Brody
"This Is Not Berlin" is both a sensitive coming-of-age story and a vibrant, affectionate ode to Mexico City's burgeoning counterculture. August 22, 2019 | Full Review…
"This Is Not Berlin" is both a sensitive coming-of-age story and a vibrant, affectionate ode to Mexico City's burgeoning counterculture.
Justin Chang
Scenes rush by as quickly as the mounds of cocaine and faceless orgy scenes, creating a scatterbrained collage of provocative images devoid of context or meaning. August 12, 2019 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
Scenes rush by as quickly as the mounds of cocaine and faceless orgy scenes, creating a scatterbrained collage of provocative images devoid of context or meaning.
Jude Dry
A gutsy collection of 1986 specificities, Berlin might not have an obvious narrative punchline in the end, but it remains one hell of a nostalgic revolt throughout. August 9, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
A gutsy collection of 1986 specificities, Berlin might not have an obvious narrative punchline in the end, but it remains one hell of a nostalgic revolt throughout.
Tomris Laffly
[An] edgy, challenging coming of age story. March 17, 2020 | Full Review…
[An] edgy, challenging coming of age story.
Dan Scully
I really wanted it to break my heart open, but it just left me wistful for what could have been. January 25, 2020 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
I really wanted it to break my heart open, but it just left me wistful for what could have been.
Catherine Springer
The subtext is enriched by certain camera and aesthetic decisions. [Full review in Spanish] December 16, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The subtext is enriched by certain camera and aesthetic decisions. [Full review in Spanish]
Mabel Salinas
With this semi-autobiographical film, Hari Sama recreates the changes that emerge in such a transcendental moment for Mexican culture. [Full Review in Spanish] December 12, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
With this semi-autobiographical film, Hari Sama recreates the changes that emerge in such a transcendental moment for Mexican culture. [Full Review in Spanish]
Elizabeth Limón
It explores suggestively and frankly the rarefied atmospheres of what was the 80's musical and artistic counterculture. [Full Review in Spanish] November 15, 2019 | Full Review…
It explores suggestively and frankly the rarefied atmospheres of what was the 80's musical and artistic counterculture. [Full Review in Spanish]
Carlos Bonfil
Despite its flaws, this is Hari Sama's best film to date. [Full Review in Spanish] October 29, 2019 | Rating: 6.5/10 | Full Review…
Despite its flaws, this is Hari Sama's best film to date. [Full Review in Spanish]
Iván Belmont
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