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Nebenan (Next Door)

Daniel Brühl supposedly sends himself up in this sly and insinuating two-hander, which is part attempted self-satire, part…

By Joseph Owen
Berlinale

Fabian – Going to the Dogs

Dominik Graf's German Berlinale Competition entry is based on the 1931 book Fabian by Erich Kästner, or more precisely…

By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale

We (Nous)

This tender, affecting film threads together the apparently disparate lives and stories of people in Paris, whose only…

By Jake Cudsi
Berlinale

Language Lessons

This sincerely felt, fundamentally misguided film amounts to a lockdown exercise for bored actors. Natalie Morales directs, co-writes…

By Joseph Owen
Berlinale

Memory Box

In Memory Box, from co-directors Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, the trauma of the past resurfaces to haunt…

By Oliver Johnston
LFF

A Paris Education

If someone believes it is time that they receive a cultural education and life-changing experience, where do they…

By Guy Lambert
Glasgow

Ravenous (Les Affamés)

Although Robin Aubert’s small indie horror isn’t quite able to reinvent the zombie sub-genre, its surrealist, offbeat and…

By Andrew Murray
Berlinale

Los Débiles (The Weak Ones)

Unfortunately, searching for Sinaloa on Google retrieves several first-page results documenting the Mexican state’s connection with narcotics and…

By Mark Mukasa