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Persian Lessons

France, 1942. Jewish prisoners are crammed in the back of a military truck on their way to their…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

Los conductos

When an experimental piece of work decides to forego the traditional language of cinema, the results can be…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

Mogul Mowgli

This intriguing drama stars Riz Ahmed as Zed, a fledgling British-Pakistani rapper with autoimmune disease. Debilitating and degenerative,…

By Joseph Owen
Berlinale

Hidden Away (Volevo Nascondermi)

There’s a slight distraction that might become evident when watching director Giorgio Diritti’s Volevo Nascondermi. As the Italian…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

Minamata

Johnny Depp tries to animate his recently moribund filmography with a serious-minded biopic of W. Eugene Smith, the…

By Joseph Owen
Berlinale

The Intruder (El Prófugo)

Director Natalia Meta’s entry into the 2020 Berlinale competition defies easy categorisation. There’s an extended prologue rich with…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

Naked Animals (Nackte Tiere)

Aimless students try to put some structure in their lives as they approach the end of school in…

By Musanna Ahmed
Berlinale

Malmkrog

Romanian New Wave stalwart Cristi Puiu opens Berlin’s Encounters sidebar, delivering a 200-minute philosophical rumination on the nature…

By Joseph Owen
Berlinale

Anne at 13,000 ft

Shaky, erratic camerawork that lurches around and shoots its subjects in extreme closeup has been a feature of…

By Oliver Johnston