Sophie Charlotte Rieger

Based in Berlin Sophie writes for several German outlets, mostly online. You can find her reviews on kino-zeit.de, kritiken.de and her blog filmosophie.com She also writes a feminist column, analysing mostly Hollywood's ideas of femininity and desperately trying to convince her readers of the misrepresentation of gender and female sexuality in movies. Being a quite contradictory character, Sophie also likes to write about religion, porn and movies for young audiences.

If asked for her favourite movies, Sophie will say something like Dance Of The Vampires by Roman Polanski or Monsieur Hulot's Holiday by Jacques Tati. The sad truth is that she will always choose a cheesy movie over a classic, crying rivers over Forrest Gump or dreaming of her teenage years with the Twilight movies (which is not feminist at all, so shhhh!).

Latest Film Reviews

The Way He Looks (2014)

Review preview for The Way He Looks

By sporadically renouncing traditional reverse shots, Ribeiro gives us an impression of what it is like to be denied a certain gaze - but the director uses this effect with caution.

Sophie Charlotte Rieger · 4 out of 5

Story of a blind teenager who yearns for independence.
Tape_13 (2014)

Review preview for Tape_13

A poor rip-off of Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project.

Sophie Charlotte Rieger · 1 out of 5

Homage to the Blair Witch Project.
Snowpiercer (2013)

Review preview for Snowpiercer

The mix of action and satire also turns it into an absorbing hell of a ride.

Sophie Charlotte Rieger · 4.5 out of 5

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
West (2013)

Review preview for West

It is a pity that with inconsequential storytelling Christian Schwochow wastes quite a bit of the story’s potential.

Sophie Charlotte Rieger · 3 out of 5

A mother and son try to escape their past in East Berlin by heading west.