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Berlin Film Festival

A woman with blonde hair and a determined expression holds a weapon in an interior setting with a wooden door and another figure in the background.
Festivals

Cuckoo – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Hunter Schafer stars in Tilman Singer’s sec­ond film, about strange occur­ances at an Alpine resort.
Portrait of a man wearing a brown leather jacket and floral shirt, with a serious expression on his face.
Festivals

A Different Man – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Sebas­t­ian Stan and Adam Pear­son are an excel­lent dou­ble act in Aaron Schim­berg’s effec­tive sopho­more feature.
Two individuals in intimate profile, close face-to-face, in black and white.
Festivals

Berlin announce exciting 2024 competition line-up

by David Jenkins

Out­go­ing artis­tic direc­tor Car­lo Cha­tri­an deliv­ers the world cin­e­ma goods for his final edi­tion at the helm.
Sleeping newborn baby wrapped in a blanket, nestled in an adult's arms.
Festivals

Notre Corps – first-look review

by Carly Mattox

Set with­in a Parisian gyne­co­log­i­cal clin­ic, Claire Simon’s pow­er­ful doc­u­men­tary focus­es on the myr­i­ad sto­ries of patients who seek advice and care.
Young woman with long dark hair in a school uniform, standing in a doorway against a bright blue sky with clouds.
Festivals

Suzume – first-look review

by Alicia Haddick

Mako­to Shinkai’s third fea­ture con­tin­ues his fan­tas­ti­cal vision with a teenage girl who acci­den­tal­ly opens a mag­i­cal por­tal, but fails to make the same impact as Your Name and Weath­er­ing With You.
Four young people standing on a wooden deck in front of a white building, surrounded by trees.
Festivals

Afire – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Chris­t­ian Pet­zold returns with some­thing lighter, fun­nier and more instant­ly-lov­able than his recent run, bring­ing reg­u­lar lead­ing lady Paula Beer along for the ride.
Two people, a man and a woman, gazing intently at each other in a dimly lit room.
Festivals

20,000 Species of Bees – first-look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

A moth­er and gen­der-curi­ous child keep bees in Estibal­iz Urreso­la Solaguren’s ten­der dra­ma of divi­sion, renew­al and the space in between.
An elderly woman with white hair embracing an elderly man with a serious expression on his face.
Festivals

The Plough – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Philippe Gar­rel enlists his three chil­dren for this fam­i­ly affair, in which a fam­i­ly of artis­tic pup­peteers grap­ple with their patri­arch’s passing.
Performer with voluminous curly hair on stage, wearing a white feathered costume and holding a microphone.
Festivals

Love to Love You, Donna Summer – first-look review

by Anna Bogutskaya

Acad­e­my Award win­ner Roger Ross Williams and Summer’s daugh­ter Brook­lyn Sudano team up to cre­ate an inti­mate por­trait of a con­flict­ed and com­pli­cat­ed artist.
Four people sitting in an old, dirty car in a desert-like setting.
Festivals

Music – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

The lat­est from for­mal­ly-dar­ing Ger­man film­mak­er Angela Schan­elec is an excit­ing and impen­e­tra­ble take on the Oedi­pus myth.