Berlinale 2026: Yellow Letters, In a Whisper, Rose
Let’s catch up with the Competition, shall we? When I wrote about Rosebush Pruning I mentioned that a lot ofContinue Reading
Author: Sean Erickson
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
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
Berlinale 2026: London, Everything Else is Noise, If Pigeons Turned to Gold, Ghost in the Cell, AnyMart
Over the past few years the same thing kept happening at Berlinale. I’d see an early screening of something stunningContinue Reading
Berlinale 2026: Previewing the Competition
Once again, Berlin’s cinematic high holidays are upon us, with the 76th edition of the Berlinale film festival set toContinue Reading
Train Dreams ★★½
There are endless ways a movie can frustrate a viewer. In the case of Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams, it’s theContinue Reading
Orwell: 2+2=5 (documentary) ★★★½
In 2016, Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election and, appropriately enough, the Oxford English Dictionary’s wordContinue Reading
One Battle After Another ★★★★
“The revolution will not be televised.” It’s the title of the classic Gil Scott-Heron song, a defining, poetic ode toContinue Reading
Suspended Time ★★★
These days, when we talk about COVID films, we’re usually talking about movies made under strict rules of pandemic-era filmmaking.Continue Reading
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