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The Empire

Anyone expecting a conventional sci-fi epic that ticks all the expected boxes may be frustrated, even a little…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

Andrea Gets a Divorce

In a one-horse town in Lower Austria, Andy (Thomas Stipsits) still hasn’t come to terms with the fact…

By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale

Dying

National stereotypes are rarely correct, and most stereotypes about Germans are no exception. No, Germans don’t face life…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

Shikun

This loose film adaptation of Rhinoceros, the 1959 absurdist play by Romanian-French writer Eugène Ionesco, isn’t something to…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

The Box Man

The Box Man commences with a few establishing shots on one of the Tokyo streets. It’s just another…

By Jan Tracz
Berlinale

Suspended Time

Does anyone want to know what Steven Spielberg got up to during lockdown? What about Scorsese? Almodóvar? Tarantino?…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

Treasure

Desperate to connect with her family’s roots, New York journalist Ruth Rothwax (Lena Dunham) decides to travel to…

By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale

Another End

In a world where someone’s personal memory storage can be accessed and viewed via in-eye devices, Sal (Gael…

By Selina Sondermann