I’m Your Man – Berlinale 2021 Review

by Jordan King “Are human beings really intended to have all of our needs met at the push of a button?” This is the question academic Alma (Maren Eggert) asks herself towards the climax of Maria Schrader’s I’m Your Man, a quirky, philosophic drama/anti-romantic comedy/low-key sci-fi film that foists upon its protagonist algorithmically engineered perfection before proceeding to poke holes in the folly of the … Continue reading I’m Your Man – Berlinale 2021 Review

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Glasgow Film Festival, Reviews

The Dissident – Glasgow Film Festival 2021 Review

by Jordan King On October 2, 2018, at approximately 1:14pm, 59-year-old Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Embassy in Istanbul. Whilst his soon-to-be-wife waited outside for her fiancé to pick up papers pertaining to their imminent marriage, Khashoggi was ambushed inside the Consul by a group of men who drugged him, murdered him, and then dismembered his body. As the Saudi Arabian Government … Continue reading The Dissident – Glasgow Film Festival 2021 Review

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