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  Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!

  ★★★★★

  Quite a bit has changed since 2004, when director Morgan Spur...

  Oliver Johnston 6th January 2020
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  Christmas 2019

  What to do in Berlin over Christmas

  So you’ve decided to spend Christmas in Berlin. Good choice, because the...

  Oliver Johnston 24th December 2019
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  Berlinale

  “As a director, I feel that there’s a dance where you examine social changes, and how you are to an extent sceptical or critical – that’s part of your fundamental mission”: An interview with So Long, My Son director Wang Xiaoshuai

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  Oliver Johnston 16th February 2019
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  Berlinale

  Reconstructing Utøya (Rekonstruktion Utøya)

  ★★★★★

  A question is ...

  Oliver Johnston 15th February 2019
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  Berlinale

  So Long, My Son (Di jiu tian chang): Wang Xiaoshuai’s expertly sprawling yet personal examination of three decades of life in China

  ★★★★★

  The deceptively sedat...

  Oliver Johnston 14th February 2019
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  Berlinale

  Elisa & Marcela press conference with Isabel Coixet, Greta Fernández and Natalia de Molina

  Should Berlinale (and essentially any film festival) be big-screen purists when fielding submissions? This is the sq...

  Oliver Johnston 14th February 2019
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  Berlinale

  So Long, My Son (Di jiu tian chang) press conference with Wang Xiaoshuai, Du Jiang, Ai Liya, Yong Mei, Wang Jingchun, Qi Xi, Zhao Yanguozhang and Liu Xuan

  The cast and crew of So Long, My Son kno...

  Oliver Johnston 14th February 2019
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  Berlinale

  “I’m very hands-on, and I like to be on the ground and do my stuff”: Ghost Town Anthology director Denis Côté discusses his personal approach to filmmaking

  The Upcoming last ...

  Oliver Johnston 14th February 2019
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  Berlinale

  Photograph

  ★★★★★

  Indian director Ritesh Batra was on the receiving end of man...

  Oliver Johnston 13th February 2019
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  Berlinale

  Elisa & Marcela: Director Isabel Coixet translates a remarkable real-life story into an unremarkable film

  ★★★★★

  There was a feeling that some of those attending th...

  Oliver Johnston 13th February 2019