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Lali ★★½
Making its own little bit of cinematic history as the first fully Pakistani production to be selected for Berlinale’s PanoramaContinue Reading
Not a Hero ★★½
After Village Rockstars in 2017 and the following year’s Bulbul Can Sing, Rima Das returns to Berlinale’s Generation section—dedicated toContinue Reading
Dao ★★★½
With his third Berlinale competition feature after 2012’s Aujourd’hui and Félicité in 2017, Alain Gomis reaffirms himself as one ofContinue Reading
We Are All Strangers ★★
Concluding his “Growing Up” trilogy that began in 2013 with Ilo Ilo and continued with 2019’s Wet Season, Anthony ChenContinue Reading
Chimney Town: Frozen in Time ★★
After the critical and commercial success of Yusuke Hirota‘s Poupelle of Chimney Town, which took the whimsical characters of AkihiroContinue Reading
Wolfram ★★½
Almost a decade after his highly regarded Sweet Country, Warwick Thornton returns, not only to the genre, but to theContinue Reading
Berlinale 2026: A Prayer for the Dying, The Blood Countess, Sleep No More
Within the sprawling festival program, the Berlinale Special section isn’t an easy one to pin down. Over the years it’sContinue Reading
Berlinale 2026: Sad Girlz, The Moment
If there’s one major section of the Berlinale that I tend to overlook, year after year, it’s Generations. The sectionContinue Reading
La grazia ★★★
La grazia is a political drama of a bygone era (a less jaded one). It is set in the lastContinue Reading
Berlinale 2026: Everybody Digs Bill Evans, Nightborn, Rosebush Pruning
If you read my pre-festival preview of the Competition titles for this year’s Berlinale, you know I had some highContinue Reading
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