Andrew Grant

Andrew Grant is a Berlin-based critic whose writing has appeared in Premiere, Cineaste, Time Out New York and Asian Cult Cinema.

Online he has contributed to IFC, GreenCine, The Auteurs, Salon.com, and The Sundance Channel. He also runs his own film blog, Like Anna Karina's Sweater (www.filmbrain.com).

He is the President of Benten Films, the first distribution company run by film critics.

He and producer, arts journalist and programmer Pamela Cohn, run a weekly screening series, Kino Satellite, at the recently opened Das Direktorenhaus, in the Mitte district of Berlin. Grant and Cohn host shows in the newly-built micro-cinema every Tuesday evening, bringing programmes of new, innovative and groundbreaking work from some of today’s most talented filmmakers, animators, and multi-media artists, with an emphasis on the illustrative arts.

Latest Film Reviews

Submarine (2010)

Review preview for Submarine

Ayoade’s aesthetic choices as well as his many cinematic nods make the film a genuine treat for the cinephile set, but not to the extent of alienating those who may not grab the references to Bergman, Roeg, or the French New Wave.

Andrew Grant · 4.5 out of 5

An imaginative 15-year-old is as interested in losing his virginity as he is in saving his parents’ marriage. Plus read our interview with Richard Ayoade.
Megamind (2010)

Review preview for Megamind

Megamind’s developmental path is less about following a cookie-cutter moral compass than it is about good old-fashioned character development.

Andrew Grant · 4 out of 5

In order to restore the balance of good vs evil, a genius supervillain is forced to create a formidable foe.
Somewhere (2010)

Review preview for Somewhere

Lacking any sort of critical distance or self-reflection, it’s merely a wafer-thin portrait of an artist suffering from… something.

Andrew Grant · 2.5 out of 5

An actor finds his booze-laden life transformed by the arrival of his estranged young daughter.
The Social Network (2010)

Review preview for The Social Network

With its brisk pacing, stellar performances, and sharp dialogue, it is unquestionably one of Hollywood’s best efforts this year, but is that reason enough to forgive its shortcomings?

Andrew Grant · 3.5 out of 5

The story behind the founding of Facebook.
Enter The Void (2009)

Review preview for Enter The Void

A day-glo postmortem avant-garde mind-trip that for some will be enlightening, while others will find it to be little more than an endurance test.

Andrew Grant · 4.5 out of 5

A psychedelic journey into the afterlife.
Get Him To The Greek (2010)

Review preview for Get Him To The Greek

As is the case with too many comedies in the age of Apatow, the female characters all seem like afterthoughts, and the film’s sexual politics are achingly conservative.

Andrew Grant · 2 out of 5

A young music executive must take a problematic rock star from London to Los Angeles in time for a career-dependent concert.
Dogtooth (2009)

Review preview for Dogtooth

Don't read this review... simply go and see it, for if ever there was a film that is best experienced without knowing a single detail, this unforgettable oddity from Greece is the one.

Andrew Grant · 4.5 out of 5

Three siblings cut off from society spend their lives trapped in their family’s home.
The Ghost (2010)

Review preview for The Ghost

A suspenseful, intelligent thriller.

Andrew Grant · 4 out of 5

A ghost writer recruited to pen the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister gets caught up in a web of political intrigue, lies and corruption.