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Munich Filmfest 2025 part 2: "Sentimental Value"
The Work Week, a European heatwave, Sentimental Value, and not-for-me films: Militantropos, Brides, and American Sweatshop.
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Munich Filmfest 2025
Opening weekend of Munich Filmfest 2025, Pride and 90s Super Show XXL at Königsplatz, and Videoheaven saving the weekend.
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What to watch in cinemas this week | June 19–25
28 Years Later and Elio
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What to watch in cinemas this week | June 12–18
Materialists and The Wedding Banquet
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What to watch in cinemas this week | May 29–June 4
The Phoenician Scheme
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Hemingway’s Iceberg Theory (feat. 'Indian Camp')
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The Day the Movies Died, "Top Gun" Review, and Popcorn Shortage, Netflix, Tarantino Podcast News
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The Death of Halyna Hutchins
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Bill Burr & Comedic License
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What to watch in cinemas this week | May 22–28
Friendship, Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning, and Sex.
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What to watch in cinemas this week | May 15–21
Sinners, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, and Black Bag
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What to watch in cinemas this week | March 20–26
A Complete Unknown, Mickey 17, Black Bag, The Alto Knights, and The Last Showgirl.
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Berlinale 2025 FILMS: The Good, the Okay, and the Bad
An overview and critical survey of my Berlinale: standout films, political themes, and surprising choices.
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The Berlinale is becoming a second-tier film festival
Once a top film festival, the Berlinale is losing relevance. Political censorship, fewer premieres, and dwindling support have weakened its global…
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Berlinale 2025: New director same politics
From government interference and media outrage to underwhelming films and a push for commercialization, the Berlinale once again struggles between its…
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The right is still obsessed with Henry Wallace for some reason
As the USA ramps up Cold War 2.0 against China, not even Henry Wallace is safe: a post-post-post-revisionist review of "The World That Wasn’t" by CFR…
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From camps to Cannes: When Palestinian politics crash the Croisette
In "No Other Land" and "To a Land Unknown", art and politics collide to reveal global hypocrisy and the continuous fight for Palestinian dignity.
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The shit discourse of Oscar nominations
Oscar nomination snubs don’t exist, critics are abdicating their responsibility, and other shitty discourse methods reducing film to another piece of…
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