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The Film Comment Podcast: Berlinale 2020 #2

By Nicolas Rapold
February 26, 2020
In the weeds: Jessica Green and Devika Girish join to discuss Siberia, All the Dead Ones, Mogul Mowgli and more

The Film Comment Podcast: Berlinale 2020 #1

By Nicolas Rapold
February 25, 2020
At first sight: our first dispatch jumps into the deep end with Christian Petzold’s Undine and Philippe Garrel’s The Salt of Tears

Dispatch: Berlinale 2020 Preview

By Jordan Cronk
February 19, 2020
Sink or swim: on paper at least, the 70th edition of the festival looks to be as exciting as any in recent memory

Berlinale 2019 Dispatch

By Jordan Cronk
March 4, 2019
State of transition: this year's highlights point toward a welcome renewal for the venerable festival

Festivals: Berlin 2018

By Dan Sullivan
March 13, 2018
On the edge: this year’s competition featured new work from Petzold, Porumboiu, and Hong, as well as new voices from around the world

Berlin Interview: Alexey German Jr.

By Yonca Talu
February 27, 2018
Leningrad bebop: the Russian filmmaker forges his own darkly comic vision of ’70s Soviet society in Dovlatov

Festivals: Berlin 2017

By Dan Sullivan
April 11, 2017
Uncertain ground: this year's fest had no choice but to deal with the world's troubles

Festivals: Berlin

By Nick Pinkerton
February 27, 2017
Celluloid is colder than death: a crucial rediscovered Fassbinder work headlined the restorations and revivals at this year’s Berlinale

Festivals: Berlin

By Jonathan Romney
February 17, 2017
In their own way: a quartet of new films showcase unhappy families, including Sebastián Lelio's latest

Lost Horizons

By Olaf Möller
April 23, 2015
At Berlin this year, you could feel the push and pull between idealism and disillusionment