Berlin 2017: When the Day Had No Name review
★★★☆☆ In 2012, the bodies of four teenage boys were discovered on the outskirts of the Macedonian capital of Skopje. They had left home...
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17 February 2019
Berlin 2019: Nadav Lapid’s Synonyms wins Golden Bear
With Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick passing on the baton to former Locarno artistic director Carlo Chatrian from next year, no one knew quite what...
16 February 2019
Berlin 2019: So Long, My Son review
★★★★☆ Sixth generation director Wang Xiaoshuai returns to Berlin with a decade-spanning family drama set against some of the most turbulent events in recent Chinese...
16 February 2019
Berlin 2019: Hellhole review
★★★★☆ In Michael Haneke’s Code Unknown, Juliette Binoche’s character Anne rides the Paris metro and is spat at by a young man with darker...
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Berlin 2017: Colo review
★★☆☆☆ Portugal’s economic crisis is explored through the strained dynamic of a family slowing falling apart in Teresa Villaverde’s austerity drama Colo. You wouldn’t...
Berlin 2017: Somniloquies review
★★★★☆ Most of us at some point have experienced a moment in a dream where you realise you are asleep but are utterly powerless...
Berlin 2017: Hostages review
★★★★☆ In 1983, a group of young people from relatively privileged backgrounds attempted to hijack a plane and fly to the West from Soviet-controlled...
Berlin 2017: Barrage review
★★☆☆☆ Laura Schroeder’s Barrage, the intriguing tale of three generations of women navigating the roles of mother and daughter, has gained a lot of...
Berlin 2017: Vazante review
★★★☆☆ Daniela Thomas’ Vazante is a minor Greek tragedy transposed to colonial Brazil. A slow-burning drama about slavery in all its forms, this austere,...
Berlin 2017: Centaur review
★★★★☆ Is it mythology or tradition that holds societies together? That’s the question posed by Aktan Arym Kubat’s Centaur, a profoundly moving tale about...
Berlin 2017: Golden Exits review
★★★★☆ An exquisitely rendered study of entitlement and millennial dissatisfaction, Alex Ross Perry returns to the Berlinale with his fifth feature, Golden Exits. Starring...
