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