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Before becoming Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla was very much both an intellectual and, for a significant part of his life, an ordinary citizen. His philosophical writings was appreciated by others. His personal life from priesthood onwards is probed...

Staples of Naples: Rosi Sifts Through Timeworn Sediments The past informs the present of modern day Naples in Below the Clouds, the latest documentary from Gianfranco Rosi. Much like his famous filmmaking father Francesco Rosi sought to mine Italy’s past...

Entering his third decade of filmmaking with this decade seeing three Venice Film Festival preemed films in 2020’s New Order, 2021’s Sundown, 2023’s Memory with last year’s Dreams going the Berlinale route, Michel Franco moves far off his normal Mexico/United...

Major world cinema news lands on a Friday afternoon: Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher, arguably riding the high of her finest feature yet with La Chimera (review), is set to reunite with Josh O’Connor and assemble a formidable trio in Dakota...

Known for blurring the boundaries between fiction and documentary, Palestinian filmmaker Scandar Copti crafts work that moves fluidly between lived reality and constructed narrative. At last year’s Marrakech Film Festival his Happy Holidays (premiered in the Orizzonti section of the...

It was a rare Thursday night ceremony for the 51st César Awards ceremony and Carine Tardieu‘s L’Attachement aka The Ties That Binds Us (which was selected for last year’s Venice International Film Festival in the Orizzonti section) claimed the top...

The Parent Trap: Sang-soo Takes Sideways Swipe at Social Etiquette A constant purveyor of how subtle social cues are obliterated by the lowered inhibitions of alcohol, Hong Sang-soo unveils his meatiest narrative in years with What Does That Nature Say...

IONCINEMA.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire competition and more. Here is a comprehensive guide to all the feature film reviews from our site of the films featured at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival. Main Competition At...

Magnificent Obsession: Franco Finds Love is a Hopeless Place Michel Franco lassos Jessica Chastain into his continued class conflict examinations in Dreams, an intimate portrait of a doomed love affair ruined by power hierarchies. Reuniting with Chastain after 2023’s Memory...

Free Bird: Fitch & White Unveil Inventive, Personal Homage Watching something like Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird) reifies the exceptional and unique nature of human connection and friendship, a tribute from directors Anna Fitch and Banker White for their...