Berlinale
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
There’s a meticulously delicate balance involved in delivering a message-based narrative that never comes close to being heavy-handed…
By Oliver JohnstonSpecial
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Berlin Alexanderplatz
An emancipated adaptation of the 1929 novel by Alfred Döblin, director Burhan Qurbani’s third feature-length narrative film gives…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Charlatan (Šarlatán)
Charlatan is based on the true story of Czechoslovakian herbalist and healer Jan Mikolášek, who healed millions of…
By Jessica Wall
Berlinale
The Woman Who Ran (Domangchin yeoja)
Taken at face value, the gentle, meandering exchanges between a woman and her various friends and neighbours as…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
“Great art allows you to put yourself into it”: An interview with Last and First Men cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grøvlen
After winning the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for his camerawork in Sebastian Schipper’s Victoria at the…
By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale
DAU. Natasha press conference: The bizarre alternate reality of the DAU project
The magnitude of the DAU project, which eventually led to DAU. Natasha, has made the film one of the…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
A Common Crime (Un Crimen Común)
From the outset A Common Crime puts the viewer in a place of discomfort. During the opening, set…
By Emily Harrison
Berlinale
The Twentieth Century
Canadian director Matthew Rankin is no stranger to the Berlin Film Festival. His short films were part of…
By Francis Nash
Berlinale
Orphea
Costumes creatively reimagined through discarded objects, chilling operatic performances, and an experimental use of language within the filmic…
By Lora Maslenitsyna
Berlinale
Eeb Allay Ooo!
Eeb Allay Ooo!’s cryptic title is handily explained in the opening frames of director Prateek Vats’s assured narrative…
By Oliver Johnston