Quentin Dupieux lays the symbolism on thick in an absurdist comedy featuring a life-altering basement time-portal and a man with a three-speed robot penis.
AFTER SUNDANCE CALLED OFF its physical edition just two weeks before opening, it was a comfort and a joy that the Berlinale had the good fortune to take place on a streamlined schedule. When the festival’s Golden Bear went to Carla Simón’s Alcarràs a handsome, serviceable portrayal of a Catalonian farm’s fade-out I couldn’t help but sense a “just happy to be here” feeling in the air. The Competition jury’s lineup which put M. Night Shyamalan and Ryusuke Hamaguchi in the same room was arguably more exciting than the stubbornly even-keeled Alcarras. But good films at the 2022 edition were where