film

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