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fromInverse
1 day ago

Waiting for Robert Eggers' Next Nightmare? Let 'Nosferatu' Fill the Void

Robert Eggers' upcoming films, Werewulf and Nosferatu, promise dark, meticulously crafted narratives rooted in historical and Gothic themes.
fromThe New Yorker
2 days ago

"Amrum" Offers a Child's-Eye View of Fascism in Retreat

In the spring of 1945, word of the Second World War's impending end has reached the residents of Amrum, an island off the coast of Germany.
Berlin
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fromAnOther
3 days ago

Paula Beer Is the Riddling Heart of Christian Petzold's Cinema

Paula Beer embodies the complex, mysterious characters central to Christian Petzold's haunting cinema.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Christian Petzold Ferries Audiences Through Grief

Christian Petzold's new film, 'Miroirs No. 3,' reflects his personal losses and continues his exploration of female protagonists in psychological narratives.
#werner-herzog
Berlin
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Werner Herzog says he refuses to work 'a single hour' of overtime

Werner Herzog's childhood poverty and isolation in rural Bavaria without modern amenities sparked his imagination, leading him to become a prolific filmmaker with over 70 credits who explores eccentric individuals pursuing extraordinary dreams.
fromAnOther
5 days ago

Five Groundbreaking Dream Sequences From Silent Cinema

Film is like that. It developed from [the silent era] into Fellini and Bergman, Buñuel and David Lynch. [They] took these ideas and created a film that was really like a dream.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Miroirs No 3 review Christian Petzold's elegantly unnerving mystery of grief and family dysfunction

Christian Petzold's film explores family dysfunction and grief, focusing on a pianist's survival after a traumatic car crash and her connection with a mysterious woman.
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fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

It's Gabriele Munter's World, We're Just Living in It

Gabriele Münter's work reflects her personal world, contrasting with the modernist abstraction of her male contemporaries.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 weeks ago

FilmWatch Weekly: Camus' 'The Stranger' on screen, Christian Petzold's 'Miroirs No. 3,' and more * Oregon ArtsWatch

François Ozon's adaptation of The Stranger, while visually stunning, reveals the limitations of cinema in depicting the complex inner states of consciousness that Camus masterfully crafted in his text.
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fromQueerty
2 weeks ago

EXCLUSIVE: German film Free At Heart is a coming-of-age romance with a taboo twist - Queerty

Sebastian navigates unexpected feelings for his new housemate Kolja while grappling with his identity and the complexities of first love.
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fromBOOOOOOOM!
2 weeks ago

"Idling" by Artist Greta Kresse

Greta Kresse's paintings explore themes of isolation and beauty through the lens of car windows, merging landscapes with intimate observations.
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fromFilmmaker Magazine
3 weeks ago
Berlin

"Like a Surveillance Camera": Christian Petzold on Miroirs No. 3

Laura's recovery from a fatal crash reveals deep emotional connections and grief between her and Betty.
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
2 months ago
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UNEARTHLY! A short film by Ebinum Brothers - KALTBLUT Magazine

A debut film uses quiet self-expression to bridge reality and inner landscapes, fostering connection and unity.
Berlin
fromFilmmaker Magazine
3 weeks ago

"Like a Surveillance Camera": Christian Petzold on Miroirs No. 3

Laura's recovery from a fatal crash reveals deep emotional connections and grief between her and Betty.
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fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago

Free Wim Wenders Movie Day: "Perfect Days" (Brava Theatre)

The Gurdjieff Foundation of California hosts a free screening of 'Perfect Days' to encourage exploration of life's big questions.
Independent films
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

In "Kontinental '25," a Guilty Conscience Isn't Enough

A bailiff's tragic death leads to a futile self-flagellation campaign in Radu Jude's film 'Kontinental '25', inspired by Rossellini's 'Europe '51'.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Alexander Kluge, author and key film-maker in the New German Cinema movement, dies aged 94

Kluge was an accomplished director of intellectually rewarding, if at times oblique filmic essays, and an ever-productive writer of short fiction. He played a key role in organising the rule-breaking New German Cinema movement that brought forth better-known auteurs such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Werner Herzog.
Berlin
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fromKqed
3 weeks ago

'Miroirs No. 3' Is a Sweet Puzzle About Mending Broken Hearts

Miroirs No. 3 is a delicate drama about healing and connection after tragedy, emphasizing the power of unspoken kindness and music.
fromIndieWire
1 month ago

Thierry Fremaux on Why 'Today, We Never Trust Images We See' - but We Can Trust the Lumiere Brothers and 'Apocalypse Now'

The invention of the Cinématographe was ready right away. The process of the invention was longer, and there were a lot of inventors before Lumière.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Death, power and paranoia: painting that shocked German society finally returns to Berlin

Mors Imperator, a painting by Hermione von Preuschen, symbolizes the transience of power and fame, returning to Berlin after over a century of controversy.
fromAnOther
4 weeks ago

10 Reinvigorating Spring Films to Add to Your Watchlist This Season

Set on the blossom tree-lined fringes of Hyde Park in London, Herbert Wilcox's black-and-white rom-com blows in like a fresh spring breeze. The film charts the will-they-won't-they romance between Richard (Michael Wilding), a wealthy lord masquerading as a butler, and Judy (Anna Neagle), the niece of the family who employs him.
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fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis': The future is now

Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis, set in 2026, prophetically depicted AI and automation concerns that mirror modern anxieties about technological displacement and social inequality.
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fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

How the Berlinale Turned Into a Horror Show of German Censorship

Berlin International Film Festival Director Tricia Tuttle faces potential removal after prizewinners criticized Israel during acceptance speeches, prompting film professionals to defend the festival's artistic independence.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

The Importance of Making "Degenerate" Art

Art can be deliberately non-neutral and ethically engaged, refusing neutrality, civility, and institutional comfort to confront injustice and amplify marginalized voices.
#berlin-film-festival
fromOpen Culture
1 month ago

How Fritz Lang's Metropolis Created the Blueprint for Modern Science Fiction (1927)

A vast, miserable proletariat squanders its days in meaningless toil. Society is under the control of ultra-wealthy business magnates. In order to pacify the underclass, the ruling class pins its hopes on a technological solution: artificial intelligence. Welcome to the year 2026, as envisioned in Fritz Lang's Metropolis.
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fromVulture
2 months ago

A Star-Studded Stink Bomb Lands in Berlin

Rosebush Pruning assembles transgressive elements—incest, murder, and perversions—alongside a strong cast but ultimately renders its intended madness dull and unengaging.
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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

FilmWatch Weekly: German stunner 'Sound of Falling,' Japanese anime 'Scarlet,' and more * Oregon ArtsWatch

Four generations of girls in one farmhouse reveal recurring female suffering, mortality, and moments of beauty across a century of German history.
fromBerlin Art Link
2 months ago

Preview of 'Jaripeo' at Berlinale | Berlin Art Link

The event draws both locals and migrants returning from the U.S., celebrating the traditional Michoacán cowboy and creating an atmosphere of nostalgia-while serving as a grand reminder of "what it means to be a man" in rural Mexican society. Beneath the rodeo's spectacle lies its subconscious pulse: fleeting touches, knowing glances and secretive hookups in the woods behind the arena.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Rose review Sandra Huller is outstanding in grimy examination of gender stereotypes

A monochrome post–Thirty Years' War drama follows Rose, a woman posing as a soldier who subverts gender norms and seizes prosperity through violence and deception.
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fromVulture
2 months ago

Sandra Huller Gets Her Greatest Role Yet

A gender-disguised veteran returns to an isolated 17th-century farming community, revealing mutable identity amid austere, richly textured black-and-white cinematography.
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fromInverse
2 months ago

The Weirdest Existential Thriller Of The 2000s Just Got A Huge Upgrade

Birth portrays a widow's unresolved grief and rising doubt when a child claims to be her late husband's reincarnation, unsettling her attempt to move on.
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