74th Berlin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup
The lineup for the 74th Berlin Film Festival has been announced, which will run from February 15-24. After making its world premiere at Sundance this... Read More
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‘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 and Weathering With You being... Read More
‘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 regular slot for the prolific... Read More
‘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. Thomas Shubert stars alongside long-time... Read More
‘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 other? This initial curiosity bordering... Read More
‘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 intimate and sometimes dream-like journey.... Read More
‘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
Interview: Cinematographer Darius Khondji on Shooting on Film and Finding the Light and the Darkness of ‘Marty Supreme’ 
Writer/Director Charlie Polinger Tackles Teenage Boy Body Horror in his Debut Feature ‘The Plague’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: Amanda Seyfried is Mother (Ann) in Mona Fastvold’s Miraculous Musical Drama [A] 
With ‘Song Sung Blue,’ Craig Brewer Pays Tribute to Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman, Joy Amongst Sadness, and the Creation of Art [VIDEO INTERVIEW]