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Julia Ducournau’s ‘Alpha’ Opens in U.S. Theaters With AIDS-Era Allegory

Ducournau recasts body horror as an AIDS-era parable about care and accountability.

Loznitsa’s ‘Two Prosecutors’ Earns Praise for a Chilling Portrait of Stalinist Red Tape

Nadav Lapid’s ‘Yes!’ Delivers a Brazen Satire of Israeli Power and Complicity

Train Dreams Draws Awards Attention With Four Oscar Nods on Netflix

Michel Franco’s Dreams Divides Critics Ahead of Feb. 27 Theatrical Release

Eimbcke’s ‘Moscas’ Draws Strong Early Reviews in Berlinale Competition

‘El Agente Secreto’ Opens in Theaters After Cannes and Golden Globe Wins

Berlinale Competition Debut for Haroun’s ‘Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars’ Draws Split Early Reviews

Angela Schanelec’s ‘My Wife Cries’ Premieres in Berlinale Competition, Seeking U.S. Distribution

Emin Alper’s ‘Salvation’ Debuts in Berlinale Competition With Haunting Study of Communal Violence

At Berlinale, Alain Gomis Premieres 'Dao,' a Three-Hour Cross-Continental Family Saga

At Berlinale, Leyla Bouzid’s 'In a Whisper' Traces Grief, Secrecy and Queer Stigma

My Father's Shadow Opens in Theaters With a Festival-Lauded Portrait of Family and 1993 Lagos

Wim Wenders, Berlinale Jury President, Warns Against National Bias in Awards

Park Chan-wook’s ‘Aucun autre choix’ Opens to Strong French Reviews for a Darkly Comic Thriller of Work and Worth

‘Pillion’ Opens to Strong Reviews as Filmmakers Shorten Explicit Close-Up to Preserve Tension

Taxi Driver at 50: Critics Reaffirm Scorsese’s Chilling, Prescient Classic

Hasan Hadi’s Debut ‘La tarta del presidente’ Opens in Spain After Cannes Wins

‘Winter in Sokcho’ Wins Praise for Quiet Drama and Analog Beauty

ARTE Airs '12 Monkeys' in Prime Time Followed by Terry Gilliam Documentary