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Berlinale 2026: Statements of Purpose

Lines drawn: How political must a festival be for it to be considered properly political?
Read Jonathan Romney’s dispatch

The Film Comment Podcast: Akinola Davies Jr. on My Father’s Shadow

Family portrait: the director talks about his elliptical, atmospheric debut feature set in 1993 Nigeria
Listen to the conversation

Withering Lows

Window dressing: maybe, because it’s 2026, and we are all so very tired, we are getting the Wuthering Heights we deserve—a limp one
Read Genevieve Yue’s review

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