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Marc van de Klashorst deals with an awkward situation in Lance Hammer's triumphant return QUEEN AT SEA, which sees Juliette Binoche give one of her best performances to date #Berlinale

Matthew Joseph Jenner finds a poignant meditation on life, memory, and loneliness in Sebastian Brameshuber's LONDON, a powerful existential odyssey about finding salvation on the open road #Berlinale

John Lynn chases dreams in Lorenzo Ferro and Lucas Vignale's THE RIVER TRAIN, A highly artistic first film that pushes cinematic boundaries and puts its directors on the map #Berlinale

Abby Laing sees a central performance that makes Adrian Goiginger's FOUR MINUS THREE it a moving portrayal of grappling through life after a great loss, even if the film doesn’t tread any new ground in the grief subgenre #Berlinale

IFFR 2026 review: Supporting Role (Ana Urushadze) "Supporting Role rides an idiosyncratic but charming enough wavelength" Georgian cinema, at least on the international front, is largely unified in its

Morris Yang does not take center stage in Ana Urushadze's SUPPORTING ROLE, a tale of ceaseless regeneration and metamorphosis that rides an idiosyncratic but charming enough wavelength #IFFR2026 #IFFR buff.ly/r3iWmXN

Berlinale 2026 review: I Built a Rocket Imagining Your Arrival (Janaína Marques) "A unique and challenging work that both entices and bewilders in equal measure" Memory is a curious concept - it can preserve the most trivial fragments

Matthew Joseph Jenner contemplates the nature of humanity in Janaína Marques' I BUILT A ROCKET IMAGINING YOUR ARRIVAL, a unique and challenging work that both entices and bewilders in equal measure #Berlinale buff.ly/F3TUaMk

E. Nina Rothe stands firmly in the thick Flemish clay in Anke Blondé's DUST, an unorthodox grand film with a soul all of its own #Berlinale

E. Nina Rothe implores you to watch Faraz Shariat's PROSECUTION, a tense and beautiful story that stays with the viewer long after the film has finished screening #Berlinale

IFFR 2026 review: Nangong Cheng (Shao Pan) "Progressively struggles to justify its artificially engineered dictum of moral restraint" Modernity is often a confusing term. Loaded, to say the least,

Morris Yang sees the motions but not the charisma of wuxia in Shao Pan's NANGONG CHENG, a film that progressively struggles to justify its artificially engineered dictum of moral restraint #IFFR2026 #IFFR buff.ly/WTbbwEo

John Lynn sees a filmmaker willing to take formal risks and upend cinematic conventions in André Novais Oliveira's IF I WERE ALIVE, a film grounded in everyday Brazilian life and Afro-Brazilian culture #Berlinale

Marc van de Klashorst finds himself in the middle of a custody battle in Mees Peijnenburg's A FAMILY, and sees two fantastic young actors navigate the inner turmoil of their characters as victims of this tug-of-war #Berlinale buff.ly/HIHZKs2

Berlinale 2026 review: Iván & Hadoum (Ian de la Rosa) "De la Rosa is not interested in reducing his characters to their pain but showing how they continue on with aspirations and hope" Playing in this year’s

John Lynn examines how identity, politics, and love can coexist on screen in Ian de la Rosa's IVÁN & HADOUM, in which de la Rosa establishes himself as a director deeply attentive to how identity shapes life #Berlinale buff.ly/sYs6pHu

Marc van de Klashorst is delighted by Xu Zao's debut feature LIGHT PILLAR, a delightful, small animated drama about loneliness and the perils of the online world #Berlinale

Cédric Succivalli navigates the minefield of a friendship under pressure in Fernanda Tovar's SAD GIRLZ, a timely and harrowing story of a bond that is fractured but not destroyed #Berlinale

Berlinale 2026 review: I Understand Your Displeasure (Kilian Armando Friedrich) "Friedrich introduces himself as an important new voice in realist and contemporary European cinema" Premiering in this year’s Berlinale Panorama section

John Lynn works his socks off in Kilian Armando Friedrich's I UNDERSTAND YOUR DISPLEASURE, in which Friedrich introduces himself as an important new voice in realist and contemporary European cinema #Berlinale buff.ly/2dzcVUF

E. Nina Rothe is in the Swiss Alps for Dominik Locher's ENJOY YOUR STAY, an entertaining, beautifully shot and wonderfully acted film that perhaps lacks nuances in its telling of a tale of abused women #Berlinale

Matthew Joseph Jenner delves into Chilean history in Juan Pablo Sallato's THE RED HANGAR, a fascinating and disconcerting morality tale about a man who believes that violence is necessary #Berlinale

Marc van de Klashorst finds himself in a Mexican forest in Joaquin del Paso's migrant drama THE GARDEN WE DREAMED, a film of visual and especially aural splendor that needed a little more surprise #Berlinale

Marc van de Klashorst sees tradition and modern life clash in Leyla Bouzid's queer drama À VOIX BASSE, a perfect marriage between a story with a relevant social message and the work of somebody who remembers she is working in a visual medium #Berlinale

Berlinale 2026 review: Only Rebels Win (Danielle Arbid) "A film that is an easy watch, with many courageous cinematic moves." For those who love world cinema with a particular fondness for films from the MENA

E Nina Rothe sees a fantastic Hiam Abbass in Danielle Arbid's ONLY REBELS WIN, a film that is an easy watch, with many courageous cinematic moves #Berlinale

Marc van de Klashorst focuses on the humanity of small inter-personal connections Xinyang Zhang's PANDA, a difficult film to pin down, but definitely a showcase for a new and unique voice in Eastern cinema #Berlinale buff.ly/KkDu2sR

Eren Odabaşı creates art as he reviews Geneviève Dulude-de Celles' NINA ROZA, a film whose real strength lies in the delicate, inventive, and emotionally resonant way the director brings its story to the screen #Berlinale buff.ly/m7T9Ldy

Erwan Debois sees the cautionary message of Muriel d'Ansembourg's TRULY NAKED undermine the artistic and dramatic strength of a film with a captivating viewpoint on shared feminist consciousness #Berlinale icsfilm.org/festivals/be...

Berlinale 2026 review: Yellow Letters (İlker Çatak) "One wishes Çatak wouldn't have taken such a heavy-handed approach in conveying rightfulness and shout his message so loud" About the state of ambiguity

Ali Ercivan wonders if art can change the world in İlker Çatak's YELLOW LETTERS, but wishes the director wouldn't have taken such a heavy-handed approach in conveying rightfulness #Berlinale buff.ly/3wGnNtK

Marc van de Klashorst evades war in Patric Chiha's A RUSSIAN WINTER, which isn't his strongest effort, but leaves enough to admire as a portrait of human struggle in the face of worse options #Berlinale

Erwan Desbois finds a large array of political and artistic echoes and a brilliant depiction of a period in Marcelo Martinessi's NARCISO, a film whose visual beauty serves a narrative and dramatic purpose #Berlinale

2026 ICS Award Winners The Secret Agent Seeks Justice at 23rd ICS Awards Honoring films shown worldwide in 2025. In as close to a sweep as contrarian ICS voters are ever

It's done! The 23rd ICS Awards winners have been announced, and The Secret Agent did really well! Read all winners, runners-up, and nominees in this article:
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Matthew Joseph Jenner goes to bat (or is it a paddle?) for Josh Safdie's MARTY SUPREME, a thrilling blend of psychological character study and slapstick comedy, and a staggering achievement in every possible way buff.ly/Qg9CONE

Tallinn 2025 interview: Richard Hawkins & Sarah Cunningham On a quiet Tallinn afternoon, just hours after the world premiere of Think of England at the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Festival, I sat down with director

Shortly after its #PÖFF29 premiere, THINK OF ENGLAND's director Richard Hawkins and cinematographer Sarah Cunningham sat down with Milani Perera to talk about bravery, dual worlds, and the alchemy between director and cinematographer buff.ly/w09p3Qg

Tallinn 2025 review: Golshifteh Farahani - The Dragon Within When Golshifteh Farahani walks into a room, she carries with her more than fame. She carries the weight of an entire cinematic tradition, the

At #PÖFF29, Milani Perera spoke to one of world cinema's most compelling figures, Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, about her artistic upbringing, about exile, and about the universe leading her to the comedy of her latest film OH, WHAT HAPPY DAYS buff.ly/cFo7g95