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Elsinore

Meta might not be the right expression, but there is a nice synchronicity to the fact that the…

By Selina Sondermann
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Moscas (Flies)

If the festival gave out an award for Best Opening Scene, Moscas would be the clear winner. Without…

By Selina Sondermann
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Forest High

“Unable to be silent, I will be long and still”. Arriving during a hushed poetry recitation, it’s as…

By Thomas Messner
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Isabel

There's something alluring about enjoying wine and pretending to be a sybarite, even though we are often unable…

By Jan Tracz
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A Man of His Time

Emmanuelle Marre's A Man of His Time opens in September 1940 at a drunken gathering of French collaborators,…

By Christina Yang
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All of a Sudden

Adapted from You and I – The Illness Suddenly Get Worse by Makiko Miyano and Maho Isono, Hamaguchi…

By Christina Yang
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Musk

Alex Gibney is widely considered one of the most important documentarians of his time, with his past work…

By Selina Sondermann
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The Beloved

Spanish Cannes competition entry The Beloved (El ser querido) practically picks up where last year's Cannes Grand Prix…

By Selina Sondermann
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The Man I Love

Ira Sachs's The Man I Love opens with a premise that seems deceptively familiar: a theatre actor living…

By Christina Yang
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No Good Men

The unusually late announcement of the 76th Berlinale’s opening film – made only days before invitations to the…

By Selina Sondermann