Berlin: Multiple generations grapple with the onset of adulthood, and the crush of middle age, against a bustling Singapore backdrop in the "Ilo Ilo" and "Wet Season" director's emotionally generous fifth feature.

Two days after Rupert Grint’s candid and possibly sarcastic declaration — “Obviously, I’m against [fascism]” — reverberated across Potsdamer Platz and became a meme, Berlin Film Festival chief Tricia Tuttle is still cracking up. Midway through her second edition at the helm of the Berlinale, the combative festival director wastes no time addressing the political […]

Two of the buzziest — and most star-studded — movies world premiering in competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, “Rosebush Pruning” and “At the Sea,” are from two decidedly non-Hollywood filmmakers but feature top talent from the U.S. and U.K. “Rosebush Pruning” — a biting family satire helmed by Brazilian auteur Karim Aïnouz that […]

Amy Adams won’t be on hand for the world premiere of Kornél Mundruczó’s “At the Sea” at Berlin Film Festival on Monday, but she sent a message expressing how proud she is of the drama. The director opened the film’s press conference by reading a message from the Oscar-nominated actress, who stars in “At the […]

Lars Eidinger has still gotten over the fact that he didn’t get to play a vampire in “The Blood Countess,” starring Isabelle Huppert and directed by celebrated German filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger. During the press conference for the movie at the Berlin Film Festival hours before its world premiere, Eidinger revealed that when Ottinger came to […]

Release it too early and it feels like momentum without a destination. Release it too late and you miss opportunities to build anticipation while the film is actively screening. Another question should be “what the trailer is doing for you right now”? A trailer isn’t just for online release Many filmmakers treat a trailer as something that exists only to support an eventual...

The Film Independent Spirit Awards have officially switched things up. This Sunday, the indie world traded windblown sand and beachy vibes for old-Hollywood drama as the show moved from Santa Monica State Beach to the historic Hollywood Palladium. And honestly, it felt exactly right!  The Spirit Awards have long been one of awards season’s best […] The post “Train Dreams,” “Sorry,...

Film Heritage Foundation’s newly restored version of Pradip Krishen and Arundhati Roy’s cult film “In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones” (1989) is making its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, marking a remarkable second life for a film that virtually disappeared after a single television screening. The restoration represents a significant milestone for […]

Been Here Stay Here (David Usui, 2024) 3½ out of 5 stars Director David Usui makes his solo-feature debut with Been Here Stay Here, a documentary portrait of Tangier Island, located in Virginia’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay. Since the mid-1800s, the island has lost two-thirds of its land mass and is projected to essentially […] The post “Been Here Stay Here” Portrays Vanishing Island...

Another year has come and passed and here we are at the end of 2025; it is once again time for me to share my annual Top 10 film list. These past 12 months have been very busy for me personally—getting married, going on my honeymoon, and so on and so forth—so I admit with […] The post Matt Patti’s Top 10 Films of 2025 first appeared on Film Festival Today.