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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.