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1 day agoPolitics meets escapist thrills at the 2026 Berlinale
The Berlinale opens with Shahrbanoo Sadat's Afghan drama No Good Men, showcasing the festival's mix of political urgency and wide audience appeal.
For every explosive confrontation in Minneapolis, there is a quieter, less tangible threat in the form of Kash Patel's FBI seizing voting records from Fulton county, Georgia a state Donald Trump lost by fewer than 12,000 votes in 2020 or the steady implementation of 900-page manifesto by the influential rightwing thinktank the Heritage Foundation, neither of which lend themselves to blockbuster treatment.