Also this week: Indian titles make a splash at the Berlin Film Festival. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel.

The Film Heritage Foundation staged a minor coup by getting Wim Wenders to India. The acclaimed German director, whose road movies have especially reinvented the way we look at the genre, is on a staggering five-city tour. He kicked off the visit in Mumbai, where he attended screenings of some of his films, addressed a master class, and met with a selection of Indian directors.

Wim Wenders on cinema’s future: ‘Hope is an amazing driving force, it gives soul to whatever you do’

The acclaimed German filmmaker is on his first-ever, five-city tour of India.

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The Berlin Film Festival has picked a few Indian titles, including ‘Pedro’ director Natesh Hegde’s new movie ‘Vaghachipani’ (Tiger’s Pond).

In Kannada film ‘Vagachipani’, a rural hotbed of greed and vice

The new movie by ‘Pedro’ director Natesh Hegde is led by Achyuth Kumar and Dileesh Pothan.

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 Also at Berlin: the Bengali-language ‘Shadowbox’ (Baksho Bondi) by cinematographer Saumyananda Sahi and editor Tanushree Das.

In ‘Shadowbox’, the emotional punch of a family’s refusal to be defeated

The debut fiction feature by Tanushree Das and Saumyananda Sahi has been selected for the Berlin Film Festival.

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In the week’s reviews, Laxman Utekar directs Vicky Kaushal as the Maratha emperor Sambhaji in Chhava.

‘Chhaava’ review: A brutally violent version of Maratha history

Laxman Utekar directs Vicky Kaushal, Akshaye Khanna and Rashmika Mandanna.

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In Rishab Seth’s Dhoom Dhaam, Yami Gautam Dhar and Pratik Gandhi team up for a madcap adventure.  

‘Dhoom Dhaam’ review: A low-key blast of chaos

Rishab Seth’s Hindi movie, starring Yami Gautam Dhar and Pratik Gandhi, is out on Netflix.

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In the ‘Start the film with a week’ series, we look at Justin Kurzel’s ‘The Order’, about a white extremist group planning an attack on the US government.

Start the week with a film: ‘The Order’ is a gripping film about America’s white militia problem

Justin Kurzel’s thriller, starring Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult, is out on Prime Video.

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