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French Documentary ‘On the Adamant’ Wins Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival

Christian Petzold’s “Afire” took the runner-up award at this year’s Berlinale, where geopolitical crises in Europe and Iran loomed large.

By Thomas Rogers

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This Year, the Berlin Film Festival Sparkles

After two years of pandemic disruptions, the festival returns in full, with Kristen Stewart as the jury president and gems like Celine Song’s “Past Lives.”

By Jessica Kiang

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In the Wild Tale of ‘Cocaine Bear,’ an Apex Predator Is the True Star

The horror-comedy is based on a real story from 1985, but the director Elizabeth Banks and writer Jimmy Warden gave their furry lead a different ending.

By Kathryn Shattuck

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Watch a Harrowing Battle Scene in ‘All Quiet on the Western Front.’

The director Edward Berger narrates a sequence from his drama, nominated for nine Academy Awards and winner of best film at the BAFTAs.

By Mekado Murphy