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Berlinale 2019 hosts impressive line-up of Indian female talent, from Rima Das, Zoya Akhtar to Udita Bhargava
Prathap Nair • 7 years agoBerlinale’s gender representation has come as a shot in the arm for female filmmakers and talent — especially since gender equality is dismal at its best even in other major festivals like Cannes and Venice
The Berlinale, and searching for love amongst the Golden Bear winners down the years
Baradwaj Rangan • 7 years agoThe big prize winners at film festivals like the Berlinale have a reputation for being grim and arty, and appealing more to the head than the heart.
Berlinale 2019: The lesser known films to watch out for, from Ghost Town Anthology to Talking About Trees
Mihir • 7 years agoEver heard of Sudanese cinema? The fact that you probably have not is the subject of the intriguing documentary Talking About Trees, that won big at the Berlinale.
Berlinale 2019: A First Farewell is a poetic, often disheartening look into the lives of China’s Uyghur minorities
Prathap Nair • 7 years agoAlbeit firmly apolitical, A First Farewell offers rare insights into the rapid homogenisation of a unique culture through imposition of language politics.
Berlinale 2019: 69th edition of film festival ends with dialogue on censorship, Netflix, and gender equality
Prathap Nair • 7 years agoThe 69th Berlinale that ended last weekend also saw the end of tenure of its much-loved director Dieter Kosslick
Berlinale 2019: Fatih Akin's The Golden Glove is a tiresome but stylishly shot serial killer film with little to root for
Prathap Nair • 7 years agoIf Fatih Akin’s aim was to merely provoke his audience with The Golden Glove, he achieves it with flesh crawling reality.
Gully Boy is an emotional and grandiose film that has flaws but ultimately lives up to its razzmatazz
Prathap Nair • 7 years agoZoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy greatly lives up to its razzmatazz. Here's a first impression review of the film that had its world premiere at Berlinale 2019.
Berlinale 2019: Öndög is a sublime meditation on life and death in the Mongolian steppe
Prathap Nair • 7 years agoÖndög is a visually stunning work of cinema set in a part of the world yet untouched by the brutalities of modern civilisation.
Firstpost Editor's Picks: Rafale deal, Priyanka Gandhi and Congress' past, and Berlinale 2019; today's must-read stories
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe responsibility for the 'leak' to Anil Ambani rests with the prime minister.
Berlinale 2019: Lone Scherfig’s The Kindness of Strangers is well-intentioned but lacks authenticity
Prathap Nair • 7 years agoLone Scherfig’s The Kindness of Strangers is a textbook example of what happens when a director loves her characters too much.