A Chilean Air Force officer finds himself in an increasingly fraught situation after the military coup, when he is forced to obey orders he does not believe in. Part of the Berlinale’s First Feature Competition.
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‘The Red Hangar’ Berlinale Review: Due Obedience and Moral Collapse After Chile’s Coup
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‘In a Whisper’ Berlinale Review: When Grief Reveals the Truth
A return home for her uncle’s funeral pulls a young woman into an uneasy investigation that brings his secret life into the open—and compels her to face the risks of revealing her own.
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‘Only Rebels Win’ Berlinale Review: Love and Prejudice in Lebanon
After taking in a young Sudanese man she rescues from a violent attack, a widowed Lebanese woman finds herself confronting the racism, paranoia, and social violence of a society hostile to outsiders.
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‘Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette’ Review: Beautiful and Doomed
A young Kennedy heir and a fiercely independent fashion publicist fall in love under the relentless glare of media scrutiny, in a romance that would captivate—and ultimately shock—the world.
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‘Portobello’ Review: Anatomy of an Italian Scandal (HBO Max)
The life of a popular Italian TV host is turned upside down overnight when former mafia members accuse him of being part of the organization. Streaming on HBO Max from February 20.
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‘In the Mud’ Review: Chaos, Loyalty, and Violence Behind Bars (Netflix)
A women’s prison ruled by shifting power, secret deals, and violence pushes its inmates deeper into chaos, desire, and survival. Streaming on Netflix from February 13.
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‘Motorvalley’ Review: Family Drama and High-Speed Racing, Italian Style (Netflix)
After a scandal destroys her family’s racing team, a disgraced engineer joins forces with a reckless young driver and a haunted former champion to build a new outfit from scratch and take on Italy’s ruthless GT racing circuit.
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‘Barbara Forever’ Sundance/Berlinale Review: Barbara Hammer and the Politics of the Body
This documentary traces the life and work of Barbara Hammer, a pioneering lesbian filmmaker whose experimental cinema transformed personal experience, feminist politics, and the materiality of film into a radical body of work.
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‘Eternity’ Review: One Week to Choose Forever (Apple TV)
In the afterlife, Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) has one week to choose eternity with either her lifelong partner (Miles Teller) or her first love (Callum Turner), who died young and has been waiting for her ever since. Streaming on Apple TV from February 13.
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‘Kokuho’ Review: Tradition, Rivalry, and Tragedy on the Kabuki Stage
In this Japanese melodrama, a young kabuki apprentice is taken in by a star of the art form after his parents are murdered, only to be set on a collision course with the master’s own son.


