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Berlinale

Indignation

Shortly after his retirement from writing in 2012, Philip Roth was heralded as one of the greatest writers…

By Sean Gallen
Berlinale

24 Wochen (24 Weeks)

Promising director Anna Zohra Berrached returns to the Berlinale with her second feature, 24 Wochen (24 Weeks), which…

By Sean Gallen
Movie

Dheepan

Dheepan, winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, is especially resonant at a time…

By Frances Lai
Berlinale

Inertia

The very first human noise heard in Inertia is a scream, quickly cut off. Mira (Ilanit Ben Yaakov)…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

Mahana (The Patriarch)

In the 1960s, New Zealand was home to less than 2.5 million people - with around 25 million…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

Uncle Howard

1983’s Burroughs: The Movie was a fly-on-the-wall documentary about novelist, satirical fabulist, straight-laced libertine and lifelong gun nut…

By The editorial unit
Berlinale

A Magical Substance Flows Into Me

There’s a telling moment in Jumana Manna’s documentary when a friend’s father cautiously asks her what her own…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

El Rey del Once

Is an adult destined to regress back to childhood in the presence of their parents? There are some…

By Oliver Johnston