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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Mary Bronstein’s long-awaited return after her 2008 mumblecore classic Yeast takes us into the exhausting, surreal life of…

By Christina Yang
Berlinale

The Blue Trail

In a near future eerily similar to our own, Gabriel Mascaro’s The Blue Trail (O Último Azul) follows the…

By Christina Yang
Berlinale

Honey Bunch

A certain melancholia lingers over Honey Bunch, the latest from writer-director duo Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli. From…

By Christina Yang
Berlinale

Shadowbox

One of the changes under Tricia Tuttle’s first Berlinale is the introduction of the new festival section Perspectives,…

By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale

What Marielle Knows

The 75th edition of the Berlinale seemed set on breaking with stereotypes. Perhaps a shock to many, the…

By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale

The Ugly Stepsister

The story of Cinderella has been passed down across the world for centuries, first through oral lore, then…

By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale

Girls on Wire

Even with the presence of an underground heroin den, the most intriguing setting in Vivian Qu’s Girls on…

By Christina Yang
Berlinale

The Ice Tower

In her Berlinale entry, The Ice Tower (La tour de glace), French writer and director Lucile Hadžihalilović once…

By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale

Late Shift

Unfolding over a single, high-pressure shift in a surgical ward, Petra Volpe’s Late Shift (Heldin) follows Floria (Leonie…

By Christina Yang