Berlinale

Chalamet warns against “cult-like” leaders, Swinton descries “mass murder” at Berlinale

French-American actor Timothy Chalamet warned against the danger of following "cult-like" leaders while Scottish actress Tilda Swinton descried what she called "internationally enabled mass murder", delivering powerful messages in appearances at the Berlinale film festival. Chalamet, who stars in the Oscar-tipped Bob Dylan bio-pic “A Complete Unknown”, told a packed press conference at the Berlinale…Read more Chalamet warns against “cult-like” leaders, Swinton descries “mass murder” at Berlinale

“Hot Milk” at Berlinale: Fiona Shaw, Emma Mackey as dueling mother-daughter

Vicky Krieps as Ingrid and Emma Mackey as Sofia in "Hot Milk" If you were a 25-year-old woman who'd put her life on hold to care for her wheelchair-bound mother, what would you do if at the end of a costly cure for which your mother mortgaged the family house, she said the pain in…Read more “Hot Milk” at Berlinale: Fiona Shaw, Emma Mackey as dueling mother-daughter

Berlinale Jury Head Haynes Slams Trump — on Day One!

American director Todd Haynes, the president of the international jury of the 75th Berlinale, said on Thursday that the United States is “in a state of particular crisis” under President Donald Trump as jury member after jury member decried the global rise of the right wing as a threat to filmmakers everywhere. More than living…Read more Berlinale Jury Head Haynes Slams Trump — on Day One!

Diop’s “Dahomey” about looted African art takes Berlinale gold

Senegalese-French director Mati Diop on the red carpet at Berlinale Senegalese-French director Mati Diop's film “Dahomey” about African treasures looted by French colonial forces and returned to the West African country of Benin after 130 years, won the top Golden Bear prize for best film at the 74th Berlinale festival on Saturday. “We can either…Read more Diop’s “Dahomey” about looted African art takes Berlinale gold

Dumont’s “L’Empire” sci-fi satire fails on liftoff at Berlinale

Anamaria Vartolomei as Jane in Bruno Dumont's Berlinale competitor "L'Empire" The highly anticipated space sci-fi offering “L'Empire” from Bruno Dumont, one of the leading lights of French intellectual cinema, failed to achieve warp speed at the Berlinale, where it had its premiere on Sunday and is in contention for the festival's main Golden Bear prize.…Read more Dumont’s “L’Empire” sci-fi satire fails on liftoff at Berlinale

Ukraine wins — at the Berlinale film festival in Berlin

The world constantly sees videos of the carnage and suffering Russia is inflicting on neighbouring Ukraine, so what more could the Berlinale film festival have to offer to the understanding of the biggest war in Europe since World War Two? The answer, on the evidence of films and events at the 73rd edition of the…Read more Ukraine wins — at the Berlinale film festival in Berlin