Martin Scorsese said he thinks cinema is changing but not dying and, in an appearance at the Berlinale at the age of 81, said he is contemplating making a film about Jesus. “I don’t think it’s dying at all. No, I think it’s transforming,” Scorsese said when asked about the future of cinema at a…Read more Scorsese says cinema “not dying” as he is honoured at Berlinale
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Cork actor Éanna Hardwicke sees Irish film going in a “great direction”
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Éanna Hardwicke in streaming hit "Normal People" Twenty-seven-year-old Irish actor Éanna Hardwicke had no films screening at the 74th Berlinale, but he was invited anyway to participate in a showcase of rising European talent, and to celebrate this banner year for Ireland's film and acting community, himself included. “It definitely feels like…Read more Cork actor Éanna Hardwicke sees Irish film going in a “great direction”
Japan’s “The Box Man”, U.S. “Sasquatch Sunset” challenge norms at Berlinale
How do you make films in one of which the main character spends most of the time inside a box that conceals all but a slit for his eyes, and has an opening so he can walk, and in the other no words are spoken and all oral communication is by grunts and hoots? The…Read more Japan’s “The Box Man”, U.S. “Sasquatch Sunset” challenge norms at Berlinale
Dumont’s “L’Empire” sci-fi satire fails on liftoff at Berlinale
Anamaria Vartolomei as Jane in Bruno Dumont's Berlinale competitor "L'Empire" The highly anticipated space sci-fi offering “L'Empire” from Bruno Dumont, one of the leading lights of French intellectual cinema, failed to achieve warp speed at the Berlinale, where it had its premiere on Sunday and is in contention for the festival's main Golden Bear prize.…Read more Dumont’s “L’Empire” sci-fi satire fails on liftoff at Berlinale
Rising star Reinsve has two shots at top Berlinale prize
Norwegian actor Renate Reinsve said on Saturday it was a huge challenge playing two very different people who share the same body in the sci-fi drama “Another End” that is competing at the Berlinale for the festival's top Golden Bear award. “It was hard it, it was demanding,” she said of portraying on the one…Read more Rising star Reinsve has two shots at top Berlinale prize
Absent directors denounce Iran’s “red lines” at Berlinale
Two empty chairs and a photo of the Iranian co-directors of the Berlinale competition film “My Favourite Cake”, which takes aim at Iran's strict morality rules and the country's treatment of women, were placed on stage for a press conference on Thursday to protest a ban on the directors traveling to the film festival. “Like…Read more Absent directors denounce Iran’s “red lines” at Berlinale
Cillian Murphy takes on nuns in “Small Things” Berlinale opener
In his last big screen role, Irish actor Cillian Murphy, played the nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer who ran the Manhattan Project that built the first atomic bombs to defeat the Axis powers in World War II. In his latest screen incarnation, he is the coal merchant Bill Furlong, delivering fuel to penny-pinching households during the…Read more Cillian Murphy takes on nuns in “Small Things” Berlinale opener
King Vidor retrospective at Berlinale is a hit with film buffs
Marion Davies mugs for the camera, flirts with her sister's boyfriend and spouts old clunkers of American folk wisdom -- "Always remember -- nature gives us many of our features, but she lets us pick our own teeth" -- in the 1928 silent comedy "The Patsy". You can find it on YouTube, but in a…Read more King Vidor retrospective at Berlinale is a hit with film buffs
Skewering Silicon Valley at the 70th Berlinale
The 70th edition of the Berlinale is living up to its reputation as the most political of festivals, wirh films taking direct swipes at Silicon Valley and the gig economy, the failure of men to deal with women as equals and the aftermath of slavery in Brazil. "My p--sy's in the Cloud" -- on a…Read more Skewering Silicon Valley at the 70th Berlinale
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