2018 berlin film festival

2018 Berlin Film Festival Winners: ‘Touch Me Not,’ ‘Isle of Dogs,’ ‘The Heiresses’ and more

Touch Me Not (above), the debut film Romanian director Adina Pintille and about the graphic sexual awakening of a 50-something woman,… Read More

February 24, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘ In the Aisles’ is a touching and engaging surprise

Synopsis: Story of three supermarket workers whose lives intersect between the aisles of the store they work in. Not every… Read More

February 23, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Malgorzata Szumowska’s masterful and uncompromising ‘Mug’ (‘Twarz’)

Synopsis: Story of the first Polish citizen to undergo a face transplant. Malgorzata Szumowska’s MUG is a fascinating, unflinching and… Read More

February 23, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: the engrossing, emotional and masterful ‘Boys Cry’

Synopsis: In Rome, two teenage friends descend into a life of crime hoping for a better future. It’s hard to… Read More

February 23, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘Museum’ (‘Museo’) is a great testament to Latin American cinema

Synopsis: Two young men decide to carry out a daring museum heist in Mexico. But things are never straightforward as… Read More

February 22, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: the indulgent misfire ‘My Brother’s Name is Robert and He is an Idiot’

Synopsis: Robert and Elena are two siblings living in a remote rural area. Elena is about to take her final… Read More

February 21, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: an original and unorthodox look at Iranian cinema in ‘Pig (Khook)’

Synopsis: A blacklisted Iranian director is alarmed when several filmmakers are murdered around the country. He’s alarmed not only because… Read More

February 21, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival: Emily Atef’s triumphant and poignant ‘3 Days in Quiberon’

Synopsis: Over the course of 3 days, late German actress Romy Schneider is interviewed in a hotel in France. Surrounding… Read More

February 19, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Eric Poppe’s haunting and audacious ‘U – JULY 22’

Synopsis: On July 22, 2011, a right-wing extremist murdered over 77 young men and woman on Utoya island in Norway.… Read More

February 19, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘The Real Estate’

Synopsis: A Swedish woman returns to her home country after living 25 years abroad. She inherits a large building with… Read More

February 19, 2018

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