Rachel Pronger

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Reviews

Time and Water: Iceland’s vanishing glaciers haunt this moving climate essay

In Sara Dosa and Andri Snær Magnason’s lyrical documentary, Iceland’s vanishing glaciers become a haunting measure of family memory, deep time and climate catastrophe.

By Rachel Pronger

Time and Water: Iceland’s vanishing glaciers haunt this moving climate essay

Festivals

Queen at Sea: a nuanced and unshowy drama about the moral dilemmas that arise with dementia

By Rachel Pronger

Queen at Sea: a nuanced and unshowy drama about the moral dilemmas that arise with dementia

Festivals

Josephine: a harrowing child’s eye view of the injustice faced by sexual assault survivors

By Rachel Pronger

Josephine: a harrowing child’s eye view of the injustice faced by sexual assault survivors

Reviews

Book review: British Blonde by Lynda Nead examines post-war Britain’s obsession with blondes

By Rachel Pronger

Book review: British Blonde by Lynda Nead examines post-war Britain’s obsession with blondes

Interviews

“With the camera, I feel very close to people”: Claire Simon on Writing Life: Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students

By Rachel Pronger

“With the camera, I feel very close to people”: Claire Simon on Writing Life: Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students

Features

Around the world in melodrama: 9 countries, 45 essential films

By Camilla Baier, John Berra and others

Around the world in melodrama: 9 countries, 45 essential films

Reviews

Palestine 36: a broad primer on a complex period in Palestinian history

By Rachel Pronger

Palestine 36: a broad primer on a complex period in Palestinian history

Reviews

Harvest: a sensuous and surreal anti-capitalist allegory

By Rachel Pronger

Harvest: a sensuous and surreal anti-capitalist allegory

Interviews

“Sometimes you don’t need to have gone to film school”: Daisy-May Hudson on her debut fiction feature Lollipop

By Rachel Pronger

“Sometimes you don’t need to have gone to film school”: Daisy-May Hudson on her debut fiction feature Lollipop

Interviews

“I wanted to approach the curation from a position of abundance”: Wanda and Beyond curator Elena Gorfinkel on her season around one-feature filmmaker Barbara Loden

By Rachel Pronger

“I wanted to approach the curation from a position of abundance”: Wanda and Beyond curator Elena Gorfinkel on her season around one-feature filmmaker Barbara Loden

Reviews

On Falling: Laura Carreira’s chilling debut explores the human cost of the gig economy

By Rachel Pronger

On Falling: Laura Carreira’s chilling debut explores the human cost of the gig economy

Interviews

The first great work of gig economy cinema: Laura Carreira on her powerful debut On Falling

By Rachel Pronger

The first great work of gig economy cinema: Laura Carreira on her powerful debut On Falling

Discoveries

5 discoveries from Berlin Film Festival 2025

By Joseph Fahim, Savina Petkova and others

5 discoveries from Berlin Film Festival 2025

Festivals

Girls on Wire: feminist stuntwoman thriller has moments of brilliance

By Rachel Pronger

Girls on Wire: feminist stuntwoman thriller has moments of brilliance

Festivals

Mother’s Baby: eerie study of maternal anxiety never fully commits to genre movie weirdness

By Rachel Pronger

Mother’s Baby: eerie study of maternal anxiety never fully commits to genre movie weirdness

Festivals

Hot Milk: Fiona Shaw is a spiky delight in this atmospheric but unsatisfying Deborah Levy adaptation

By Rachel Pronger

Hot Milk: Fiona Shaw is a spiky delight in this atmospheric but unsatisfying Deborah Levy adaptation

Festivals

Raptures: Swedish historical drama about an apocalyptic cult is hindered by tame execution

By Rachel Pronger

Raptures: Swedish historical drama about an apocalyptic cult is hindered by tame execution

Reviews

Bye Bye Tiberias: tender family archive documentary illuminates the larger history of Palestinian displacement

By Rachel Pronger

Bye Bye Tiberias: tender family archive documentary illuminates the larger history of Palestinian displacement

Interviews

Scene by scene with Hélène Louvart, one of the world’s great cinematographers

By Rachel Pronger

Scene by scene with Hélène Louvart, one of the world’s great cinematographers

Interviews

Banel & Adama: Ramata-Toulaye Sy on her Senegalese love story turned cautionary tale

By Rachel Pronger

Banel & Adama: Ramata-Toulaye Sy on her Senegalese love story turned cautionary tale

Reviews

Copa 71: the fascinating story of the unofficial Women’s World Cup

By Rachel Pronger

Copa 71: the fascinating story of the unofficial Women’s World Cup

Festivals

Dahomey: Mati Diop’s otherworldly documentary gives voice to looted African artefacts

By Rachel Pronger

Dahomey: Mati Diop’s otherworldly documentary gives voice to looted African artefacts

Festivals

The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire: this poignant anti-biopic resists conventional ideas around rediscovery

By Rachel Pronger

The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire: this poignant anti-biopic resists conventional ideas around rediscovery

Reviews

Sweet Sue: a good-natured low-budget tragicomedy

By Rachel Pronger

Sweet Sue: a good-natured low-budget tragicomedy

Features

Nuns, land girls, ballet dancers: the paradoxes of Powell and Pressburger’s women

By Rachel Pronger

Nuns, land girls, ballet dancers: the paradoxes of Powell and Pressburger’s women

Interviews

“In season, Malia is carnage”: Molly Manning Walker on How To Have Sex

By Rachel Pronger

“In season, Malia is carnage”: Molly Manning Walker on How To Have Sex

Reviews

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood: the sauna is about purifying the soul as much as the body in this raw and powerful documentary

By Rachel Pronger

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood: the sauna is about purifying the soul as much as the body in this raw and powerful documentary

Features

Entering the forbidden zone: Bette Gordon’s Variety at 40

By Rachel Pronger

Entering the forbidden zone: Bette Gordon’s Variety at 40

10 great

10 great films that challenge the male gaze

By Rachel Pronger

10 great films that challenge the male gaze

Features

Revisiting pioneering transgender documentary A Change of Sex 40 years on

By Rachel Pronger

Revisiting pioneering transgender documentary A Change of Sex 40 years on