A homeless man, dressed in tattered clothes and shouting out swear words at random, packs trash into a carryall as he lurches along the leaf-strewn paths of a forlorn amusement park, whose chief attraction is clunky, animatronic dinosaurs. When he leaves the park and walks into the city of Cluj, in northwestern Romania, he passes…Read more Do-gooder can’t stop progress, or death, in Jude’s “Kontinental ’25” at Berlinale
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“Hot Milk” at Berlinale: Fiona Shaw, Emma Mackey as dueling mother-daughter
Vicky Krieps as Ingrid and Emma Mackey as Sofia in "Hot Milk" If you were a 25-year-old woman who'd put her life on hold to care for her wheelchair-bound mother, what would you do if at the end of a costly cure for which your mother mortgaged the family house, she said the pain in…Read more “Hot Milk” at Berlinale: Fiona Shaw, Emma Mackey as dueling mother-daughter
Diop’s “Dahomey” about looted African art takes Berlinale gold
Senegalese-French director Mati Diop on the red carpet at Berlinale Senegalese-French director Mati Diop's film “Dahomey” about African treasures looted by French colonial forces and returned to the West African country of Benin after 130 years, won the top Golden Bear prize for best film at the 74th Berlinale festival on Saturday. “We can either…Read more Diop’s “Dahomey” about looted African art takes Berlinale gold
“La Cocina” looks at illegal immigrants through a kitchen lens
Rooney Mara as Julia and Raúl Briones as Pedro in "La Cocina" Once in a while a film comes along that is so audacious and outrageous it takes your breath away. One such was the 2014 Argentine film “Wild Tales”, a series of vignettes in one of which two male drivers fight to their deaths…Read more “La Cocina” looks at illegal immigrants through a kitchen lens
Scorsese says cinema “not dying” as he is honoured at Berlinale
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
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
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