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Berlin International Film Festival · 2024

Berlin International Film Festival 2024

Berlinale Classics

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4 films · 4 reviews

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Battle In Heaven (Batalla En El Cielo)

An ugly taxi driver and the prostitute daughter of a general go at it and at it and (yawn).

(Country: Mexico/France/Germany/Belgium; Year: 2005; Director: Carlos Reygadas; Writer: Carlos Reygadas; Stars: Marcos Hernandez, Anapola Mushkadiz, Berta Ruiz, David Bornstien, Rosilanda Ramirez)

Godzilla (Gojira)

Review preview for Godzilla

The special effects in Roland Emmerich's 1998 remake may have been bigger and better, but what it lacks is the chilling seriousness of the original.

Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
The original Japanese monster lizard movie - Ban The Bomb!

(Country: Japan; Year: 1954; Director: Ishiro Honda; Writer: Takeo Murata, Ishiro Honda, from an original story by Shigeru Kayama; Stars: Takashi Shimura, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, Fuyuki Murakami, Sachio Sakai, Toranosuke Ogawa, Ren Yamamoto, Toshiaki Suzuki, Ken Hayashi, Keiji Sakakida, Seijiro Onda, Kin Sugai)

The Sacrifice (Offret)

Review preview for The Sacrifice

Tarkovsky's gently gliding camera expertly frames each shot and the use of light and of crisp natural sound is breathtaking.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
Faced with the destruction of everything he loves, a father offers himself to God as a sacrifice in its stead.

(Country: Sweden, UK, France; Year: 1986; Director: Andrei Tarkovsky; Writer: Andrei Tarkovsky; Stars: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Tommy Kjellqvist, Allan Edwall, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Sven Wollter)

The Wayward Cloud (Tian bian yi duo yun)

Review preview for The Wayward Cloud

After seeing this film, you will never look at watermelon the same way again.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
During a drought, the people of Taipei develop an obsession with watermelon.

(Country: France, Taiwan; Year: 2005; Director: Tsai Ming-liang; Writer: Tsai Ming-liang; Stars: Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi)