The Berlinale is in a vibe crisis. Here’s how moving the festival to Charlottenburg would make it fun again.
Move the Berlinale To Charlottenburg

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Redmond is the editor-in-chief of Journey Into Cinema.
The Berlinale is in a vibe crisis. Here’s how moving the festival to Charlottenburg would make it fun again.
Rotterdam Film Festival has more films in its 2025 edition than days in the year. We tried to hold its offerings, like collecting water in a sieve.
While Perla looks and feels extremely well-made, its surfeit of style overwhelms the emotional heart of this communist-era tale. Live from Rotterdam!
The end of identity politics is discussed with nuance and heart in Matthew Lax’s simple yet effective mid-length documentary Gay Men’s Book Club.
Universal Remake their classic horror movie The Wolf Man to diminishing returns in Leigh Whannell’s weak follow-up to The Invisible Man.
The 1986 Richard Gere star vehicle No Mercy shows that all a movie needs is a girl and a gun. And lots of fog machines.
From Baby Annette dancing to Modern Love to the climax of By The Stream to Ellen’s introduction in Sterben, we recap the best scenes of the year.
From Anora to Sterben to The Wild Robot, here are Redmond Bacon and Jared Abbott’s picks for the 10 best films and first-time watches of 2024.
Thoughts of food and Medieval architecture permeate a curious second day at Cottbus, with a Kazakh Western and a Lithuanian comedy.
Serbian stories take centre stage at Cottbus, with Dwelling Among the Gods and When The Phone Rang, as well as the Croatian Good Children.