All Reviews articles – Page 4
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‘Kontinental ’25’ review: Radu Jude returns after winning the Golden Bear
Berlin Competition title is a satirical state-of-the-world treatise
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‘After This Death’ review: Niche US-set mystery is an 'arch, implausible affair'
Argentianian filmmaker Lucio Castro’s second feature bows as a Berlinale Special
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‘Yunan’ review: Enigmatic second film in Ameer Fakher Eldin’s ‘Homeland’ trilogy
German islands-set drama plays in Berlin Competition
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‘1001 Frames’ review: Experimental thriller shot clandestinely in Iran
Mehrnoush Alia uses the legend of Scheherazade to explore male power and manipulation
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‘Paul’ review: Denis Côté doc explores the surprising benefits of submissive cleaning
Canadian film-maker returns to Berlin with an intriguing character study
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‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ review: Dag Johan Haugerud concludes his trilogy at Berlin
Sensitive coming-of-age story is a wisful end to the Norwegian auteur’s work
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‘Mother’s Baby’ review: Postpartum stress under the lens in meticulous Berlin title
Marie Leuenberger gives a terrific performance in a drama that leans into horror
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‘Honey Bunch’ review: Bold Canadian period genre from the makers of ’Violation’
Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli pay homage to the past
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‘Two Times João Liberada’ review: Portuguese LGBTQ+ title is a niche debut
Paula Tomás Marques uses a fictional history to shed light on modern filmmaking conventions
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‘Lesbian Space Princess’ review: Queer Australian animation could be a crowdpleaser
Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese’s debut is set in a gaylaxy far, far away
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‘Blue Moon’ review: Ethan Hawke sings in Richard Linklater drama
Andrew Scott, Margaret Qualley co-star in a poignant portrait of Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart
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‘The Settlement’ review: Egyptian debut is a bleak and dispiriting revenge thriller
Mohamed Rashad’s Perspectives title has a ’grim inevitability’
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‘Dreamers’ review: Tender queer migrant drama from Britain
Nigeria-born Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor draws on her own experiences
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‘The Message’ review: Low-key black-and-white pleasure from Argentina’s Iván Fund
Berlin Competition title is a road trip through the magic of childhood
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‘Late Shift’ review: Leonie Benesch excels as a Swiss nurse under pressure
Petra Volpe’s tense hospital drama plays as a Berlin Special Gala
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‘What Marielle Knows’ review: Stylish, sly German comedy starring Julia Jentsch
Sly laughs all round as a teenager gets the power to read her parents’ minds in Berlin Competition title
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’We Believe You’ review: Tense Belgian family custody drama is a knockout
Miriam Akheddiou is at the heart of this debut by Charlotte Devillers and Arnaud Dufeys
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‘Cleaner’ review: Daisy Ridley and Clive Owen lead wobbly skyscraper thriller
Comparisons to ‘Die Hard’ don’t flatter Martin Campbell’s film
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‘Girls On Wire’ review: Implausible action drama from China’s Vivian Qu
Berlin Competition entry can’t make up its mind whether it’s a crime thriller or a domestic drama.
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‘Hysteria’ review: Tense German satirical thriller eyes breakout status
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay follows up his debut hit ‘Oray’