This week, Film Comment is reporting from Berlin, where the 2023 Berlinale is currently underway. Throughout the festival, we\u2019ll be sharing daily podcasts, dispatches, and interviews covering all the highlights of this year\u2019s selection, including new films by Christian Petzold, Angela Schanelec, Hong Sangsoo, James Benning, and many more.\n\nOn today's episode,\xa0FC co-editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute are joined by FC contributor Erika Balsom and B. Ruby Rich, Editor-in-Chief of\xa0Film Quarterly to discuss the haul of the first couple days: Paul B. Preciado's\xa0Orlando, My Political Biography, Tina Satter's\xa0Reality,\xa0Matt Johnson's\xa0Blackberry, Luke Fowler's\xa0Being in a Place - A Portrait of Margaret Tait, and Tatiana Huezo's The Echo.