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A particularly welcome surprise at this year’s Berlinale is its embracing of broader genres. While the Panorama section…
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In long takes and mostly wide shots, the camera adheres to the contrariness of the Greek landscape: the…
By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale
“I’m very mindful of over-intellectualising certain scenes that really require a level of immediacy”: Mia Goth, Alexander Skarsgård and Brandon Cronenberg on Infinity Pool at Berlin Film Festival 2023
Very little is off the table in director Brandon Cronenberg’s seductively cynical Infinity Pool, starring Alexander Skarsgård and…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
20.000 Especies de Abejas (20,000 Species of Bees)
So many films are too aware of their own noble ambitions, and some reach levels of near indignation…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Mal Viver (Bad Living)
How to sum up acclaimed Portuguese director João Canijo’s latest achievement in a single word? Slow. But using…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Infinity Pool
Horror is a genre that invites harsh and fairly definitive (if subjective) reactions: either the work is scary,…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Allensworth
It’s difficult to imagine the sort of people who might happily sit down to watch Allensworth in a…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Xue Yun (Absence)
2022’s Berlinale featured the Chinese film Return to Dust, approved and endorsed by the country’s government. Several months…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Golda
Not only is Israeli film director Guy Nattiv a regular at the Berlinale, his work has traversed almost…
By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale
Past Lives
It speaks to the immense quality of Past Lives that, despite premiering at Sundance earlier in the year,…
By Selina Sondermann