Berlinale 2022 review: In ‘Taurus’, Machine Gun Kelly exorcizes his stardom [Grade B+]
Almost a decade after Memphis (2013) depicted the spiritual journey of musician Willis Earl Beal, filmmaker Tim Sutton returns to the sombre world of music... Read More
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Berlin Review: Céline Sciamma’s ‘Petite Maman’ starts a tender new chapter in a life cycle of girlhood
Céline Sciamma has a tradition with names. Water Lilies‘ Marie, Girlhood‘s Marieme, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire‘s Marianne all share variants of the... Read More
70th Berlin Film Festival winners: Iranian ‘There Is No Evil,’ USA’s ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ and more
The winners of the Golden Bear, Silver Bear and more at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, headed by jury president Jeremy Irons, were handed... Read More
Berlin Review: ‘First Cow,’ Kelly Reichardt returns to Oregon for a ruminative tale of the American Frontier
“The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship”: A famous proverb from the pen of Romanticist poet William Blake. His philosophical implication here,... Read More
Berlin Review: Despite a deft all-star cast ‘The Roads Not Taken’ is a wrong turn
In Sally Potter’s reality-hopping drama The Roads Not Taken, all the staples of prestige awards-courting Hollywood are present for better or worse. Pushed by big... Read More
NEON nabs ‘Gunda,’ farm doc from exec producer Joaquin Phoenix, out of Berlinale
NEON announced today that it has acquired North American rights to Gunda, directed by Victor Kossakovsky, which made its World Premiere in the new competitive section... Read More
The 2020 edition of the festival runs February 20 – March 01, 2020 The competition lineup of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival has been... Read More
2019 Oscars: Official Submissions for the Foreign Language Film Oscar
Belarus’s Crystal Swan, the first Foreign Language Film submission for the 2019 Oscars This is the official submission list for countries entering the Foreign Language... Read More
Berlin Film Festival Wrap-up: Our Top 10 Favorite Films
Over the past 12 days, we’ve watched over 25 films at the Berlin Film Festival, a wonderful opportunity to enjoy some of the most daring,... Read More
Did the Berlin Film Festival Kick off the 2019 Oscar Race?
The Berlin Film Festival ended yesterday after a strong competition lineup and a shocking Golden Bear win for Touch Me Not, an explicit film... Read More
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