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News to Me: Berlinale, Mati Diop, and Céline Sciamma

By James Wham

March 2, 2020

Outward bound: Dušan Makavejev, Wes Anderson, and David Cronenberg

Interview: Cristi Puiu

By Jordan Cronk

February 28, 2020

Platonic roundtable: the director of Malmkrog and The Death of Mr. Lazarescu delves into the drama of dialogue in his latest, a Berlinale premiere

The Film Comment Podcast: Christian Petzold on Undine

By Devika Girish

February 28, 2020

Water under the bridge: Christian Petzold, director of Berlinale sensation Undine, talks about themes of romantic loss and betrayal in his work

Review: The Invisible Man

By Madeline Whittle

February 28, 2020

Now you see it: in Leigh Whannell’s update on H.G. Wells’s novel, the titular monster is liberated from the moral ambivalence of the old Universal antihero archetype

Deep Focus: Come and See

By Michael Sragow

February 28, 2020

Hell on earth: Elem Klimov's 1985 war movie has few rivals in laying bare the horrors of man's favorite sport

Film of the Week: Days

By Jonathan Romney

February 27, 2020

Talk soup: among Tsai’s narrative features, his latest is certainly the most spare—if there’s a narrative at all

The Film Comment Podcast: Berlinale 2020 #3

By Nicolas Rapold

February 27, 2020

Cracking up: Jonathan Romney joins to discuss Delete History, DAU. Natasha, and Hong Sangsoo’s latest, among others

Noir City International

By Imogen Sara Smith

February 27, 2020

Night on Earth: this year’s edition of the traveling festival focuses on international films from the classic noir era

Queer & Now & Then: 2000

By Michael Koresky

February 26, 2020

Unmasked: from its opening scene, João Pedro Rodrigues’s O Fantasma might as well be screaming “I’m gay!”

The Film Comment Podcast: Berlinale 2020 #2

By Nicolas Rapold

February 26, 2020

In the weeds: Jessica Green and Devika Girish join to discuss Siberia, All the Dead Ones, Mogul Mowgli and more