in retrospect explores the double-standards of Germany’s immigration policies: inviting people to come then demonising them for coming.
in retrospect Expertly Captures German Xenophobia

Exploring the Outer Edge of Film
Reviews and dispatches exploring the best new cinema premiering around the world.
in retrospect explores the double-standards of Germany’s immigration policies: inviting people to come then demonising them for coming.
Lesbian desire and mother-daughter issues intermix on the beach in Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s debut feature Hot Milk. Playing in Competition.
Han Ye-ri provides an astonishing portrait of alcoholism in Kang Mi-ja’s deeply affect Spring Night, playing in Forum.
Night Stage by Marcio Reolon, Filipe Matzembacher is a fun De Palma homage from Brazil that reinvents the queer erotic thriller.
Listening to Peter Hujar’s Day by Ira Sachs makes you wish you’d trade places with Ivan Denisovich. Live from the Panorama at Berlinale.
Sirens Call, Miri Ian Gossing and Lina Sieckmann’s impassioned look at modern-day merfolk, reinvents ancient myths for an increasinly fascist age.
The moral difficulty of realising your loved one might be a monster is explored in great detail in Sara Miro Fischer’s The Good Sister.re
The burdens of working as a full-time caregiver are depicted in microscopic detail in Frelle Perersen’s assured Home Sweet Home.
The rhythms of village life are perceptively captured in Huo Meng’s intimate epic Living the Land, which is handsomely made but holds the audience at a remove.
Hitherto undiscovered depths of cringe are plumped in Tom Tykwer’s misguided and offensive familial drama Das Licht (The Light), opening Berlinale 2025.