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Berlin Film Festival

Movie reviews, red carpet fashion, and interviews with the actors, directors and producers premiering at Berlinale—one of the world’s most prestigious film festivals, held annually in Berlin, Germany. Read more about Film Festivals.

Screening at the Berlin Film Festival: ‘Blue Moon’

Set on one night and almost entirely in one location, 'Blue Moon' features Ethan Hawke in every scene giving a virtuoso performance as the manic, self-aggrandizing and self-loathing songwriter Lorenz Hart.
By Stephen Garrett

Screening at the Berlin Film Festival: ‘Mickey 17’

"Although it’s a story of the future, it feels like a story that could happen in the present," said director Bong Joon-ho of his dystopian science fiction film 'Mickey 17,' which has Trumpian undertones that are hard to miss.
By Stephen Garrett

Steven Soderbergh’s iPhone Movie Nails His New MO: Act Like an Amateur

Soderbergh's latest film, 'Unsane,' shot entirely on iPhones, was, as he put it, 'part of my experiment of annihilating everything I’d ever done, I really wanted to throw my name away.'
By Stephen Garrett

If You Think ‘Isle of Dogs’ Is All Politics, You’re Missing the Movie’s OTHER Plot

By Stephen Garrett
Isle of Dogs.

Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’ Joins a Slew of Releases Condemning Racist Politics

By Stephen Garrett
Spoor.

Berlin Film Festival 2017 Dispatches Part 4: Go Wild With ‘Strange Birds’ or ‘Spoor’

By Stephen Garrett
Geoffrey Rush as Alberto Giacometti and Armie Hammer as James Lord in Stanley Tucci's Final Portrait.

Berlin Film Festival 2017 Dispatches Part 3: ‘Final Portrait’ and ‘Fantastic Woman’

By Stephen Garrett
The cast of The Party.

Berlin Film Festival 2017 Dispatches Part 2: After ‘The Dinner,’ ‘The Party’

By Stephen Garrett
Alex Lawther as Billy Bloom in Freak Show.

Exclusive: First-Time Director Trudie Styler Gets Her Freak On at the Berlinale

By Thelma Adams
Ewan McGregor in T2 Trainspotting, which played at the Berlin Film Festival this year.

Berlin Film Festival 2017 Dispatches Part 1: ‘T2 Trainspotting’ a Message for Trump

By Stephen Garrett
Reda Kateb as Django Reinhardt.

Music Biopic ‘Django’ Sets Berlinale Swinging But Doesn’t Quite Measure Up

By Thelma Adams
Indignation, starring Logan Lerman and Sarah Gadon.

Ang Lee’s Longtime Associate’s Directorial Debut–An Unlikely Philip Roth Adaptation

By Stephen Garrett
Michael Peña and Alexander Skarsgård in War on Everyone, directed by John Michael McDonagh.

American Rebels Take Germany at the 2016 Berlinale

By Stephen Garrett
George Clooney stars as Baird Whitlock in 'Hail, Caesar!'.

Berlinale Begins: ‘Hail Caesar!’ Headlines a Politically Charged Festival

By Stephen Garrett
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 14: An art installation by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei showcases thousands of used life vests by refugees from the Greek island of Lesbos, on February 14, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. The orange vests are wrapped around the pillars of the city's Konzerthaus to highlight the plight of refugees trying to reach Europe.

Ai Weiwei’s Berlin Life Jacket Installation, Prado Pulls Bosch Paintings—and More

By Alanna Martinez
A scene from Fifty Shades of Grey, starring Dakota Johnson.

‘Fifty Shades’ Premieres in Berlin: A Safe-Kink Brand Turbo-Charged to Sell Tickets

By Stephen Garrett
Elizabeth Moss stars in Alex Ross Perry's Queen of Earth, which was influenced by the German director Fassbinder.

German Work Ethic on Full Display at This Year’s Berlin Film Fest

By Stephen Garrett
Christian Bale and Natalie Portman in Knight of Cups.

In Berlin, Terrence Malick’s ‘Knight of Cups’ Premieres to Mixed Reactions

By Stephen Garrett
Catherine Deneuve in On My Way.

A Vibrant Catherine Deneuve Stars in Long and Winding Road-trip Flick

By Rex Reed
Richard Linklater at the Berlinale. (Photo via Getty Images)

Richard Linklater’s <em>Boyhood</em> Captures the Profound Awe of Being Alive

By Stephen Garrett
Stellan Skarsgård at the Berlinale. (Photo via Getty Images)

Stellan Skarsgård on Films, Family and Friendship

By Stephen Garrett
Bong Joon-Ho. (Photo via Getty Images)

Bong Joon-Ho’s <em>Snowpiercer</em> Is a Dark, Nasty Mesmerizing Work

By Stephen Garrett
Shia LaBeouf, trawling for attention at the Berlinale. (Photo via Getty Images)

‘I Am Not Famous Anymore’: Shia LaBeouf Shakes Things Up at the Berlinale

By Stephen Garrett
Bill Murray, Wes Anderson and Tony Revolori attend 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' Premiere and opening ceremony during the 64th Berlinale International Film Festival at Berlinale Palast on February 6. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

<em>Budapest</em> in Berlin: Wes Anderson’s Latest Premieres to Rapturous Applause

By Stephen Garrett
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