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Suede at the Forum

Lead singer Brett Anderson recently remarked that he always feared falling victim to self parody. In this concert,…

By Georgie Cowan-Turner
Berlinale

And-Ek Ghes…

A Romanian family leave their homeland and relocate to Berlin. It hardly sounds like fertile ground for documentary…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

National Bird

Heather doesn’t know how many people she’s killed. She's never pushed the button that deploys a drone's weaponry, but…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

Creepy

There are flashes of energetic violence in the early moments of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s excellent Creepy. Even when a…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

L’Avenir (Things to Come)

L'Avenir is a definite departure from writer/director Mia Hansen Love's previous work, which focused on 20-somethings in contemporary…

By Sean Gallen
Berlinale

Fuocoammare (Fire at Sea)

The island of Lampedusa is located 70 miles off the Libyan coast and 120 miles from Sicily and…

By Sean Gallen
Berlinale

Havarie

Havarie is a curious beast. Once the viewer becomes accustomed to the fact that the grainy image of…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

Midnight Special

Initially, a big-budget thriller may come across as misplaced at a film festival, but Midnight Special is fueled…

By Sean Gallen
Berlinale

Inhebbek Hedi

The first Arabic film in the running for the Golden Bear in 20 years, Inhebbek Hedi tells the…

By Sean Gallen
Berlinale

Tempestad

Two women, who live at opposite ends of Mexico, have both had their lives irreparably damaged by human…

By Oliver Johnston