#A Roller-Skating Hitler, Merfolk Culture, and Sex in Public: 7 Offbeat Films in the Berlin Lineup

#A Roller-Skating Hitler, Merfolk Culture, and Sex in Public: 7 Offbeat Films in the Berlin Lineup

The 75th edition of the Berlin Film Festival promises a mix of star vehicles and fresh independent movies from around the world in its competition program and beyond. Sprinkled throughout the Berlinale’s various strands, film buffs can also find some particularly offbeat, edgy-seeming offerings. Below is a selection of some of the more unusual-sounding films…

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#Bloody Horror in Black and White: ‘Nosferatu’ Director Interviews Danish Oscar Contender (Exclusive Video)

#Bloody Horror in Black and White: ‘Nosferatu’ Director Interviews Danish Oscar Contender (Exclusive Video)

Robert Eggers and Magnus von Horn grew up thousands of miles apart — Eggers in New Hampshire, von Horn in Gothenburg, Sweden — but watching Eggers’ Nosferatu and von Horn’s The Girl With the Needle, both Oscar contenders this year, you’d think they were separated at birth. Eggers’ take on Bram Stoker’s Dracula, by way of F.W….

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#Spotify, Warner Music Strike New Multiyear Deal

#Spotify, Warner Music Strike New Multiyear Deal

Music streamer Spotify and Warner Music Group (WMG) unveiled a new, multi-year agreement on Thursday that covers both recorded music and music publishing. Through the deal, which follows a similar agreement between Spotify and Universal Music Group, the companies said they would “strengthen their joint commitment to artists, songwriters, and fans, as well as the growth of…

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#‘Where the Night Stands Still’ Explores Colonialism and the Filipino Psyche (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

#‘Where the Night Stands Still’ Explores Colonialism and the Filipino Psyche (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

Where the Night Stands Still, the debut feature film of Liryc Dela Cruz, is set to world premiere in the Berlin Film Festival’s new Perspectives section, a competition program for first fiction features. THR can now exclusively reveal its first trailer ahead of the 75th edition of the Berlinale. “After years of separation, three Filipino…

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#Yeti, Inuit, and Blanche Gardin: Watch Clips for Berlin Fest Film ‘The Incredible Snow Woman’

#Yeti, Inuit, and Blanche Gardin: Watch Clips for Berlin Fest Film ‘The Incredible Snow Woman’

“Traveling solo across Greenland, camping on an ice floe, single-handedly wrestling a bear. Not much daunts Coline Morel – except, perhaps, confronting her own existence when it starts to spiral out of control.” Thus reads a synopsis of French writer-director Sébastien Betbeder’s film The Incredible Snow Woman (L’ Incroyable femme des neiges) with French comedian…

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#China Box Office Roars Back to Life as ‘Nezha 2’ Earns 4M Over First 5 Days of Lunar New Year Holiday

#China Box Office Roars Back to Life as ‘Nezha 2’ Earns $434M Over First 5 Days of Lunar New Year Holiday

Bouncing back from a major slowdown in 2024, China‘s theatrical box office is generating boffo business again. Ticket sales revenue in the country has totaled $978 million since the Chinese New Year holiday kicked off on Jan. 29, a 27.3 percent compared to the first five days of last year’s holiday.  Enlight Pictures’ animated sequel…

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