Marchini Camia, Giovanni

The animal gaze

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:15:00 GMT

OUT NOW! BESTIAIRE's phenomenal collage of animal portraits speaks volumes without uttering a single word.

Côté by Côté

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:45:00 GMT

Over the last decade, Canadian director Denis Côté has become a bit of an insider’s tip on the arthouse circuit. This month’s retrospective at Arsenal (Apr 12-23) is an extremely rare chance to see his filmography in its entirety.

"Reality is not enough for me anymore"

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:30:00 GMT

INTERVIEW. Denis Côté not only has a full retrospective of his work at Arsenal from Apr 12-23, but also a phenomenal new feature called Bestiaire, a genre-defying portrait of animals shot in eight days over eight months in Quebec.

Meek hunt

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:00:00 GMT

OUT NOW! Though subverting conventional dichotomies, JAGTEN's witch hunt fails to provoke.

The Berlinale Blog: The Bears and their new masters

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:45:00 GMT

The international jury has spoken, the Bears have been awarded. Giovanni Marchini Camia gives you a rundown of all the winners, worthy and not-so-worthy.

The Berlinale Blog: Ladies and gents, this year's Golden Bear

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:45:00 GMT

Yesterday's Competition premiere so impressed Giovanni Marchini Camia, he is willing to throw all caution and modesty out the window and proclaim it the winner of this year's Golden Bear.

The Berlinale Blog: Gritty realities

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:30:00 GMT

Giovanni Marchini Camia considers the two Eastern European social realist dramas running in Competition, finding one strong contender for the Golden Bear and one regrettably disappointing consideration of a very important issue.

The Berlinale Blog: The indomitable Iranian

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:45:00 GMT

Giovanni Marchini Camia watches this year's most politicized film, Jafar Panahi's clandestine Closed Curtain, discovering a courageous and stirring personal reflection on the Iranian director's heinous predicament.

The Berlinale Blog: Ulrich the Terrible

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:30:00 GMT

Giovanni Marchini Camia met with Ulrich Seidl, the enfant terrible of Austrian cinema, to discuss his Paradies trilogy, which is celebrating its conclusion here at the Berlinale.

The Berlinale Blog: Francomania?

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:45:00 GMT

The most ubiquitous actor alive wasn't going to give the Berlinale a miss. Giovanni Marchini Camia checks out two of James Franco's three Panorama films, finding little to validate his rampant self-aggrandizement.

The Berlinale Blog: O quality, where art thou?

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT

After two truly dismal Competition entries, Giovanni Marchini Camia is starting to worry – where are this year's masterpieces?

The Berlinale Blog: Hopeless desire

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:15:00 GMT

Hopeless desire was the common thematic denominator amongst yesterday's premieres for one of our bloggers and while far from hopeless, Giovanni Marchini Camia finds his own cinematic yearnings left somewhat wanting.

The Berlinale Blog: Memories of mass murder

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:15:00 GMT

Giovanni Marchini Camia considers the Berlinale's reputation as the most political of the major film festivals, highlighting two films on this year's programme that validate this distinction: Terra de Ninguém and The Act of Killing.

High-security Shakespeare

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:00:00 GMT

OUT NOW! The veteran Taviani brothers have moulded a masterpiece with CÄSAR MUSS STERBEN.