Festivals

The Brutalist

The Brutalist

Mar 11, 2025 | , ,

Writer-director Brady Corbet’s monumental period drama about a tortured genius of modernist architecture, ‘The Brutalist’ is ponderous and bloated, but visually stunning and superbly acted.

Anora

Anora

Mar 3, 2025 | , ,

A Brooklyn lapdancer falls for a super-rich Russian playboy in ‘Tangerine’ and ‘Red Rocket’ director Sean Baker’s latest walk on the wild side, ‘Anora’.

I’m Still Here

I’m Still Here

Mar 3, 2025 | , , ,

Director Walter Salles and actress Fernanda Torres relive the terrors of Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s and one woman’s resistance to silence in ‘I’m Still Here’, a gripping, elevating drama about making truth known and rebuilding a life when all seems lost.

No Other Land

No Other Land

Mar 3, 2025 | , ,

Beginning in 2019, a quartet of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers in the Occupied Territories start documenting Israel’s appropriation of the land and its escalation until just after the start of the current juggernaut in Gaza.

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Feb 24, 2025 | ,

Starring Rose Byrne on revelatory form, Mary Bronstein’s high-energy dark comedy ‘If I Had Legs I’d Lick You’ takes a deep dive into the nightmarish pressures and surreal horrors of motherhood.

The Settlement

The Settlement

Feb 24, 2025 | ,

Director Mohamed Rashad’s working-class drama ‘The Settlement’, a visually impressive folk tale portraying a young man’s desperate attempts at social integration, is a milestone for the Egyptian film industry at the Berlinale.

Kontinental ’25

Kontinental ’25

Feb 24, 2025 | ,

Punky Romanian auteur Radu Jude softens his usual bitingly satirical approach with his latest Berlinale prize-winner ‘Kontinental ’25’, a serious-minded but minor-key social drama about gentrification and bourgeois liberal guilt.

Berlin 2025: The Awards

Berlin 2025: The Awards

Feb 22, 2025 | , ,

Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud’s trilogy closer ‘Dreams (Sex, Love)’ grabbed the Golden Bear for its portrait of a 15-year-old girl’s first crush and the intimacy of desire.

Awards Corner

Festivals

  • El Gouna for
    The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See the Titanic (Finland)
    Director: Teemu Nikki
  • Fespaco for
    The Gravedigger's Wife (Somalia)
    Director: Khadar Ayderus Ahmed
  • Morelia for
    50 or Two Whales Meet on the Beach (Mexico)
    Director: Jorge Cuchi
  • Thessaloniki for Golden Alexander
    Softie (France)
    Samuel Theis
  • IDFA for
    Mr. Landsbergis (Lithuania, Netherlands)
    Director: Sergei Loznitsa
  • Tallinn for Award
    Dear Thomas (Germany)
    Director: Andreas Kleinert
  • Cairo for
    The Hole in the Fence (Mexico, Poland)
    Director: Joaquin del Paso
  • Rotterdam for
    Eami (Paraguay)
    Director: Paz Encina
  • Berlin for
    Alcarras (Spain, Italy)
    Director: Carla Simon
  • Tallinn for Award
    Immersion (Chile, Mexico)
    Director: Nicolás Postiglione