‘Inside’ review: Art thief Willem Dafoe gets locked up by human isolation in COVID-allegorical psychological drama | Berlinale
Vasilis Katsoupis’s debut feature is a claustrophobic psychological drama that features an unbridled Willem Dafoe performance. The Berlinale is the perfect debut platform for a... Read More
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‘Femme’ review: George MacKay is frightening as a hyper-masculine thug in this daring London-set neo-noir | Berlinale
Femme is a neo-noir-inspired queer revenge thriller that stars British actors Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay. Writer-directors Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping show... Read More
‘Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert’ review: Vicky Krieps disappears in Margarethe von Trotta’s elegant return to cinema | Berlinale
Margarethe von Trotta’s latest film is a graceful triumph of modern European cinema. Vicky Krieps is the window into the heart of von Trotta’s film,... Read More
‘Manodrome’ review: Jesse Eisenberg is phenomenal in John Trengove’s fascinating take on toxic masculinity | Berlinale
The Wound, the acclaimed debut by the South African director John Trengove, provides a good launchpad for his sophomore feature, with Xhosa initiation traditions swapped... Read More
‘Reality’ review: Sydney Sweeney is a tour de force in intense U.S. election whistleblower thriller | Berlinale
Playwright Tina Satter makes her screen debut with Reality, a simmering investigative drama reconstructing the arrest of Reality Winner, an NSA contractor and ex-Air Force... Read More
‘The Adults’ review: Dustin Guy Defa misses the mark in this quirky family drama | Berlinale
American indie favorite Dustin Guy Defa returns to Berlinale with a feature almost a decade after his short film Person to Person screened fresh out... Read More
‘BlackBerry’ review: 90s nostalgia yields little cinematic juice in what feels like mid-TV at best | Berlinale
BlackBerry, the follow-up to his 2016 docu-fiction Operation Avalanche, sees actor-director Matt Johnson put inventors, investors, and the internet to the test in a nostalgia-fueled... Read More
‘She Came to Me’ review: Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei and Anne Hathaway stun in ace rom-com dramedy | Berlinale
The latest film from writer-director Rebecca Miller (Maggie’s Plan, Personal Velocity) starring Oscar winners Anne Hathaway and Marisa Tomei and Emmy winner Peter Dinklage, is... Read More
Berlinale 2022 review: Charlotte Gainsbourg shines in ‘The Passengers of the Night’ from Mikhaël Hers [Grade B-]
The Passengers of the Night opens with a title card announcing the date: May 10th, 1981. In recent French history, that day marks the election... Read More
Berlinale 2022 review: Vincent Lindon and Juliette Binoche are bursting with love-drenched lust in Claire Denis’ love triangle drama ‘Fire’ (aka ‘Both Sides of the Blade’) [Grade A]
A chance encounter, a glance in the right direction while flicking your hair, and it cannot be unseen: it is your former lover who you... Read More
‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Task’ and More on AFI’s Top 10 Films and Television of 2025 Lists 
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards 
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award 
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10