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  The Empire

  ★★★★★

  Anyone expecting a conventional sci-fi epic that ticks all the expected boxes may...

  Oliver Johnston 18th February 2024
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  Dying

  ★★★★★

  National stereotypes are rarely correct, and most stereotypes about Germans are no...

  Oliver Johnston 18th February 2024
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  Shikun

  ★★★★★

  This loose film adaptation of Rhinoceros, the 1959 absurdist play by Romanian-French...

  Oliver Johnston 18th February 2024
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  “You could feel this imagination, this fantasy in the film”: Olivier Assayas, Nora Hamzawi and Vincent Macgaine on Suspended Time at Berlinale 2024
  Oliver Johnston 18th February 2024
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  Suspended Time

  ★★★★★

  Does anyone want to know what Steven Spielberg got up to during lockdown?...

  Oliver Johnston 17th February 2024
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  “Human psychiatry is really, really endangered”: Nicolas Philibert on Averroès & Rosa Parks at Berlinale 2024
  Oliver Johnston 17th February 2024
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  My Favourite Cake

  ★★★★★

  First impressions matter, although in cinema the last impression is...

  Oliver Johnston 16th February 2024
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  A Different Man

  ★★★★★

  The A24 logo at the start of director Aaron Schimberg’s film is a...

  Oliver Johnston 16th February 2024
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  At Averroes & Rosa Parks

  ★★★★★

  After winning the 2023 Berlinale Golden Bear (Best Film) for...

  Oliver Johnston 16th February 2024
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  Small Things Like These

  ★★★★★

  In recent years, the films chosen to open the Berlin International...

  Oliver Johnston 15th February 2024