We open with some on-the-ground coverage of this year's especially fraught Berlinale, digging into the film festival's political undercurrents

Teddy Kim comes by to close the case on True Detective: Night Country. We dive under the ice to unpack the finale

before discussing some big-picture thoughts and the series' overall reception

Next, it's a trip to France, courtesy of SchmearCast's French dispatch, Elvire Audi. We discuss and debate two brand new works, the romantic cooking film The Taste of Things

and Apple TV+'s Dior vs. Channel period drama The New Look