Blake Williams is joined by critics David Hudson, Darren Hughes, Daniel Kasman, and Pedro Emilio Segura Bernal to discuss some of the best films they've seen at the midpoint of the 2026 Berlinale, including:

- Angela Schanelec's My Wife Cries
- Lance Hammer's Queen at Sea
- André Novais Oliveira's If I Were Alive
- Sebastian Brameshuber's London
- Tudor Cristian Jurgiu's On Our Way
- Kelly O’Sullivan & Alex Thompson's Mouse
- Mohammad Shirvani's Cesarean Weekend