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Festivals

Django – first look review

by Adam Lee Davies

A nim­ble-fin­gered movie biopic of the ace gui­tar pick­er who enter­tained the Nazis opens the 2017 Berlinale.
Two adults seated at a table in a restaurant, a man in a suit and a woman in a red dress, with wine glasses and a dessert on the table.
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The Dinner – first look review

by Adam Lee Davies

Cin­e­ma dic­tates that movie din­ner dates are sup­posed to go bad. This Berli­nale com­pe­ti­tion entry car­ries on that tradition.
Nude man sitting in snowy forest with pine trees in background.
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Wild Mouse – first look review

by David Jenkins

Josef Hader’s mid-life melt­down com­e­dy has just enough mad­cap laughs for it to pass muster.
Two women in period costumes, one holding a colourful fan, smiling and chatting in a richly decorated room.
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A Quiet Passion – first look review

by Adam Woodward

A stun­ning per­for­mance from Cyn­thia Nixon anchors Ter­ence Davies’ unro­man­tic por­trait of reclu­sive Amer­i­can poet Emi­ly Dickinson.
Two people walking on a path through a wooded area, one wearing a grey jumper and the other an orange top.
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Things to Come – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Isabelle Hup­pert stars as a woman calm­ly los­ing con­trol in Mia Hansen-Løve’s life-affirm­ing fifth feature.
Two suited men standing by a 'No Trespassing' sign.
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War on Everyone – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Alexan­der Skars­gård and Michael Peña put the ​“blue” and ​“line” in thin blue line in this salty bud­dy cop comedy.
A man with a serious expression sits on a wooden bench in a dimly lit room, surrounded by various objects.
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Midnight Special – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Direc­tor Jeff Nichols and star Michael Shan­non team up to deliv­er a mod­ern sci­ence fic­tion clas­sic. Believe.
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Terence Davies’ A Quiet Passion to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival

by Little White Lies

The director’s new film about the life of Emi­ly Dick­in­son will receive a Spe­cial Gala screening.
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Hail, Caesar! to open the 66th Berlin Film Festival

by Little White Lies

Joel and Ethan Coen’s will have its world pre­mière at the Berli­nale on 11 February.
Two people standing together on a beach, facing the ocean.
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Knight of Cups – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

This glis­ten­ing pearl from Ter­rence Mal­ick is a heady, tran­scen­dent trea­tise on love.