Berlin Film Festival | Little White Lies

Berlin Film Festival

Two young women, one in a blue top and one in a white top, standing and talking on a balcony with a cityscape in the background.
Festivals

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy – first-look review

by Matt Turner

Ryû­suke Ham­aguchi returns with anoth­er female-ori­ent­ed dra­ma about the intri­ca­cies of every­day human dynamics.
Autumn forest scene with large wood pile and two people in red jackets standing nearby.
Festivals

Petite Maman – first-look review

by Adam Woodward

An eight-year-old girl encoun­ters a young ver­sion of her moth­er in Céline Sciamma’s trans­portive fable.
Intense close-up of a woman's face, with a pained expression and wild hair, set against a dark background.
Festivals

The Scary of Sixty-First – first-look review

by Leila Latif

A woman becomes pos­sessed by the spir­it of one of Jef­frey Epstein’s vic­tims in this mis­guid­ed psy­cho­log­i­cal horror.
Dramatic sky with dark clouds, silhouetted figure sitting on rocks in shallow water at sunset.
Festivals

Tides – first-look review

by Josh Slater-Williams

Tim Fehlbaum’s effec­tive if over­fa­mil­iar sci-fi sees an astro­naut become ship­wrecked on a des­o­late Earth.
Woman singing on stage with wooden panelled walls in the background.
Festivals

Tina – first-look review

by Leila Latif

Tina Turn­er has the final say on her tumul­tuous life and glit­ter­ing career in this all-access documentary.
Bearded man holding 'Wanted' poster with masked figure.
Festivals

Ted K – first-look review

by Lou Thomas

Sharl­to Cop­ley stars as the Unabomber Ted Kaczyn­s­ki in this so-so chron­i­cle of the noto­ri­ous terrorist.
Two people, a man and a woman, looking at each other intensely in a black and white image.
Festivals

Introduction – first-look review

by Matt Turner

A young man trav­els to Berlin in the lat­est lilt­ing rela­tion­ship dra­ma from South Korea’s Hong Sang-soo.
Middle-aged man in navy coat looking pensively out to sea.
Festivals

Drift Away – first-look review

by Adam Woodward

Jérémie Renier finds him­self all at sea in Xavier Beau­vois’ slow-burn dra­ma about a grief-strick­en policeman.
Person in costume embracing another person in a store.
Festivals

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn – first-look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

A leaked sex tape threat­ens the career of a school teacher in Radu Jude’s wry social commentary.
Two people, a man and a woman, standing in a corridor. The woman is holding a folder and wearing a blue shirt. The man is wearing a green shirt. They appear to be in a professional setting.
Festivals

I’m Your Man – first-look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

Maria Schrader’s apa­thet­ic roman­tic dra­ma about a humanoid robot rela­tion­ship is lack­ing in vitality.