Berlinale
Rosebush Pruning
“People are roses, families are rosebushes. And rosebushes need pruning” is one of the proverbs Ed (Callum Turner)…
By Selina SondermannSpecial
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Berlinale
Truly Naked
Given the current cultural climate, it’s easy to assume a film about teenage boys and pornography would trigger…
By Christina Yang
Berlinale
Paradise
Kojo (Daniel Atsu Hukporti) is a young man living in a deprived part of Accra who makes a…
By Andrew Murray
Berlinale
Heysel 85
Heysel 85, Teodora Ana Mihai’s latest feature, revisits one of the most painful chapters in European football history:…
By Laura Della Corte
Berlinale
Dao
In writing about Dao, Alain Gomis’s highly ambitious sixth feature film, one is tempted to simply rifle through…
By Thomas Messner
Berlinale
Nightborn (Yön Lapsi)
Picking up where last year’s Berlinale left off (Welcome Home, Baby; Mother’s Baby), Nightborn is another entry in…
By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Everybody Digs Bill Evans borrows its title from the jazz pianist’s acclaimed album, but director Grant Gee is…
By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
Gore Verbinski, the Academy Award-winning director known for Rango and the initial Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, makes…
By Laura Della Corte
Berlinale
Yellow Letters
Derya (Özgü Namal) and Aziz (Tansu Biçer), an artistic and respected couple from Ankara, lead a relatively satisfying…
By Jan Tracz
Berlinale
Sunny Dancer
George Jaques, a rising talent in filmmaking, confidently tackles the weighty topic of teen cancer in his sophomore…
By Laura Della Corte