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Berlin Film Festival

Horses grazing in a grassy field surrounded by trees and a wooden fence.
Festivals

The United States of America – first-look review

by Patrick Gamble

A doc­u­men­tary mas­ter presents an updat­ed por­trait of the USA, draw­ing on his pre­vi­ous ver­sion first released in 1975.
Perched bird on mossy tree trunk amid lush foliage
Festivals

Heart of Oak – first-look review

by Greg Wetherall

Lau­rent Char­bon­nier and Michel Sey­doux spend a year with a mag­nif­i­cent oak tree in this med­i­ta­tion on nature.
A smiling woman with long dark hair wearing a beige coat against a blurred night-time backdrop.
Festivals

The Passengers of the Night – first-look review

by David Jenkins

This aim­less and thin fam­i­ly por­trait set in ​’80s Paris is boost­ed by an affect­ing turn from Char­lotte Gainsbourg.
Two people embracing in a pool, man caressing woman's face as she smiles.
Festivals

Both Sides of the Blade – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Juli­ette Binoche and Vin­cent Lin­don play a cou­ple whose rela­tion­ship is test­ed by the arrival of an old friend in Claire Denis’ latest.
Two people, a woman in a white dress and a man in a dark jacket, sitting at a table in a greenhouse setting with plants and flowers in the background.
Festivals

Flux Gourmet – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Peter Strick­land serves up a help­ing of culi­nary chaos in his suit­ably strange fifth fea­ture film.
Group of people in traditional clothing on dimly lit city street at night
Festivals

Nobody’s Hero – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The lat­est from French film­mak­er Alain Guiraudie is an eccen­tric urban farce com­bin­ing true love and terrorism.
A smiling woman with long dark hair wearing a beige coat against a blurred night-time backdrop.
Festivals

Claire Denis, Peter Strickland and Andrew Dominik will present new films at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival

by Hannah Strong

A lowkey but inter­est­ing line-up com­pris­es the selec­tion for Berlinale’s 72nd edition.
Lying man on green tiles, with visible tattoos and torso.
Festivals

A Cop Movie – first-look review

by Adam Woodward

Two pro­fes­sion­al actors go ​‘under­cov­er’ in this eye-open­ing exposé of Mex­i­co City’s police force.
Close-up of a person's face holding a gun, in black and white.
Festivals

Limbo – first-look review

by Josh Slater-Williams

Soi Cheang’s gris­ly yet daz­zling mono­chrome noir fol­lows a pair of cops inves­ti­gat­ing a ser­i­al murderer.
Two women in a kitchen, one sitting at a table, the other standing by a refrigerator. The image shows a casual, domestic scene.
Festivals

Ballad of a White Cow – first-look review

by Patrick Gamble

Behtash Sanaee­ha and Maryam Moghaddam’s dra­ma takes a dim view of Iran’s dis­crim­i­na­to­ry jus­tice system.