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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… Read More

February 26, 2023

73rd Berlin Film Festival winners: ‘On the Adamant’ doc wins Golden Bear, 8-year-old Sofia Otero wins for leading performance

Veteran French documentary filmmaker Nicolas Philibert has won the Golden Bear at the 73rd Berlin Film Festival for his film… Read More

February 25, 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

‘Golda’ review: An impressive Helen Mirren can’t save one-sided legacy biopic embedded with a fear of Meir | Berlinale

Israeli director Guy Nattiv’s latest film is a biopic about the first and only female prime minister of Israel. Helen… Read More

February 21, 2023

‘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… Read More

February 21, 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

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