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  Berlinale

  “I’m very mindful of over-intellectualising certain scenes that really require a level of immediacy”: Mia Goth, Alexander Skarsgård and Brandon Cronenberg on Infinity Pool at Berlin Film Festival 2023
  Oliver Johnston 23rd February 2023
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  Berlinale

  20.000 Especies de Abejas (20,000 Species of Bees)

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  So many films are too aware of their own...

  Oliver Johnston 23rd February 2023
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  Berlinale

  Mal Viver (Bad Living)

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  How to sum up acclaimed Portuguese director João Canijo’s latest...

  Oliver Johnston 22nd February 2023
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  Berlinale

  Infinity Pool

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  Horror is a genre that invites harsh and fairly definitive (if subjective)...

  Oliver Johnston 22nd February 2023
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  Berlinale

  Allensworth

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  It’s difficult to imagine the sort of people who might happily sit down to...

  Oliver Johnston 22nd February 2023
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  Berlinale

  Xue Yun (Absence)

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  2022’s Berlinale featured the Chinese film Return to Dust, approved and...

  Oliver Johnston 22nd February 2023
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  Berlinale

  Subete no Yoru wo Omoidasu (Remembering Every Night)

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  The unconventional structure of...

  Oliver Johnston 22nd February 2023
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  Berlinale

  Femme

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  The premise of Femme dangles a great number of tantalising possibilities as to how the...

  Oliver Johnston 20th February 2023
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  Berlinale

  Seneca (Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes)

  ★★★★★

  The big name factor of John Malkovich,...

  Oliver Johnston 20th February 2023
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  Berlinale

  “Aside from killing, what is the worst human act?”: Byun Sung-hyun and Jeon Do-yeon on Kill Boksoon at Berlin Film Festival 2023
  Oliver Johnston 20th February 2023