Berlinale
A Little Love Package
It’s occasionally suggested (and 2022 is no exception) that the Berlinale has become an almost entirely arthouse festival. This is in contrast to other comparable international film festivals, such as…
Berlin Film Festival 2022
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A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love: An interview with Nicolette Krebitz
By Selina Sondermann
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Berlinale 2022: Awards predictions and highlights from the festival
As Berlinale 2022 draws to a close – finally back in person after last year's all-digital edition –…
By Selina Sondermann
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Concerned Citizen
Most large cities have neighbourhoods that guidebooks will refer to as hip, urban and a little gritty. Real…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
So-seol-ga-ui yeong-hwa (The Novelist’s Film)
The Novelist’s Film is a string of chance meetings. Titular writer Junhee Kim visits an old friend, who…
By Selina Sondermann
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Rimini: An interview with director Ulrich Seidl
Ulrich Seidl is a director who doesn’t mince words – or images. Be it through documentary or fiction,…
By Selina Sondermann
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À Propos de Joan (About Joan)
During a conversation with a man who would dearly (and desperately) like to be her lover, Joan Verra…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Axiom
There’s not as much going on in Axiom as the film itself seems to think. It aims high…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Against the Ice
Cannes virtually banned Netflix from their red carpet, while Venice invited multiple productions of the streaming giant into…
By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale
Leonora Addio
Likely the most pioneering entry in this year’s competition, Italian production Leonora Addio is a collage of different…
By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale
Alcarràs
In Catalonian Alcarràs, a large family of fruit farmers is forced to shut down their peach plantation after…
By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale
I Poli Ke i Poli (The City and the City)
In 2014, the Guardian estimated that some 1,300 films about World War II had been produced, and this…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Rabiye Kurnaz vs George W Bush: An interview with director Andreas Dresen
Andreas Dresen is a regular at the Berlinale. In 2002 he won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize…
By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale
Un Été Comme Ça (That Kind of Summer)
“Don’t expect to be healed here,” the director of a Quebecois retreat for hypersexual girls tells them in…
By Selina Sondermann