berlin film festival

‘Suzume’ review: Makoto Shinkai’s latest anime masterpiece is a jaw-dropping epic | Berlinale

If you follow the career of Makato Shinkai, you know he is renowned world-wide for his anime films, Your Name… Read More

February 26, 2023

‘In Water (mul-an-e-seo)’ review: Hong Sang-soo blurs the lines of his own self-reference to middling effect  | Berlinale

What’s a year without a Hong Sang-soo film? Does a film festival even exist, if it does not feature a… Read More

February 24, 2023

‘Roter Himmel (Afire)’ review: Paula Beer is on fire in Christian Petzold’s tragicomic climate crisis allegory | Berlinale

Berlin Film Festival favourite Christian Petzold is back in competition with his latest film, Roter Himmel, titled Afire in English.… Read More

February 23, 2023

‘Past Lives’ review: Celine Song’s poignant debut is a nuanced little wonder | Berlinale

Three devastatingly attractive people are sitting at a bar: who are they? Or more importantly, who are they to each… Read More

February 23, 2023

‘Disco Boy’ review: Franz Rogowski enchants in Giacomo Abbruzzese’s daring, dreamlike debut feature | Berlinale

Disco Boy is both equal parts mysterious and beguiling, as director Giacomo Abbruzzese guides the audience on a harrowing, yet… Read More

February 22, 2023

‘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… Read More

February 20, 2023

‘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… Read More

February 19, 2023

‘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,… Read More

February 19, 2023

‘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… Read More

February 19, 2023

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,… Read More

February 17, 2022

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