Berlin Dispatch – That’s a Wrap
So that was it. Another year, another – very unusual – Berlinale. Compressed and entirely virtual, with a 24-hour screening ...
Tag: Berlinale
Berlin Dispatch – Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
A thought I’m often struck by towards the end of any film festival is how I absolutely love, and feel ...
Berlin Dispatch – Azor / All Eyes Off Me
I love a good thriller as much as the next guy, and Swiss filmmaker Andreas Fontana’s feature debut AZOR is ...
Berlin Dispatch – Petite Maman / What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
The race for the Golden Bear heats up today with the premiere of two films in competition at the 71st ...
Berlin Dispatch – The Girl and the Spider
Lisa is moving. From one nondescript apartment to another in an unnamed city. We don’t know why she’s leaving the ...
Berlin Dispatch – Natural Light
Wars are such acts of extraordinary inhumanity they’ve always inspired and continue to inspire art that examines, re-examines their every ...
Berlin Dispatch – Taste
Where Venice has starry Oscar vehicles lining up for a slot each year and Cannes has established itself as the ...
Berlin Dispatch – Fabian
One year ago to the day, the 70th Berlinale drew to a close. On the same evening, the first COVID-19 ...
Berlin Dispatch – ‘Undine’ / ‘All the Dead Ones’
Following an underwhelming first couple of days, the Berlinale rebounded with vengeance over the weekend with a string of beautiful, ...
Berlin Dispatch: Johnny Depp’s ‘Minamata’
Hi! It’s your Awards Daily Euro correspondent checking back with the first festival update of the year. Following Venice and ...
Berlin Dispatch – That’s a Wrap
Another Berlinale, another set of surprise winners/bad predictions! I did slightly better than last year by nailing at least one ...
Berlin Dispatch – Will Win / Should Win
So here we are, all 16 films in competition at the 69th Berlinale have screened. By all accounts it’s ...
Berlin Dispatch – So Long, My Son / Vanishing Days
The final competition film at the 69th Berlinale, Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai’s sprawling family drama SO LONG, MY SON, screened ...
Berlin Dispatch – Tremors / Divine Love
The religious theme of the 69th Berlinale continues with two films from the Panorama sidebar. First off we have TREMORS, ...
Berlin Dispatch – God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya / The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea
It could be purely coincidental, but the fact that the first four films I’ve chosen to single out at this ...
Berlin Dispatch – By the Grace of God / Hellhole
While the award season reaches its turbulent home stretch, on the other side of the world the Berlin International Film ...
Berlin Dispatch – That’s a Wrap
All right, so I was WAY off with my predictions this year, nailing exactly zero of all awards presented at ...
Berlin Dispatch – Who Will/Should Win?
In what feels like the blink of an eye, the 68th Berlinale is coming to a close. After seeing all ...
Berlin Dispatch – Is it okay to like this movie?
It wouldn’t be the Berlinale without a couple of controversial films pushing the envelope and heating up debates. This year, ...
Berlin Dispatch – Highlights So Far
Day 4 of the 68th Berlinale. Nine competition films have already screened with ten more to go. For an edition ...
