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Pure magic or smoke and mirrors?
INTERVIEW. As part of Gallery Weekend at Isabella Bortolozzi, English artist Ed Atkins and Berlin-based Brit Juliette Blightman believe in magic. We asked them to look into their crystal ball and answer the questions swirling in the ether...
May 22, 2012 by Susanna Davies-Crook in Art
"Films should not be a call to arms"
INTERVIEW. Aleksandra Kumorek's, Die Überflüssige, a dystopian 2020 vision of Berlin, screens with English subs at the next installment of Exblicks, our film and chat series in cooperation at Lichtblick Kino, on May 28 at 20:00.
May 22, 2012 by Sarah Gibson in Film
Six questions for... Grimes
INTERVIEW. Grimes, aka 24-year-old Montreal-ite Claire Boucher isn’t afraid to show off her more mainstream influences. She echoes through Berghain on Friday, May 25.
May 18, 2012 by Rachel Glassberg in Reviews & Interviews
"We’ll be angry old men"
INTERVIEW. Brandon Welchez and Charles Rowell of Crocodiles have become an irrepressible duo. The San Diego-cum-New York fuzz-rock band continue their insolent sun-kissed noise pop, snapping into Bi Nuu on May 31.
May 15, 2012 by Annabel Brady-Brown in Reviews & Interviews
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“I’m an anorexic writer”: Interview with Pamela Carter
Miriam gives a glimpse into the creative minds of Theatertreffen. Carter is a UK playwright, director, and dramaturg. Her 2009 play Skåne was selected by this year’s TT Stückemarkt jury as one of this year’s five selected entries.
May 10, 2012 by Miriam Sherwood in The Theatertreffen Blog
The Berlinale interviews
The number of interviews our intrepid Berlinale bloggers are racking up is impressive to say the least. Check them all out in one place here and keep checking back as the list continues to grow!
Feb 19, 2012 in The Berlinale Blog
Photo by Christian Ganzer (Wikimedia Commons)
Walter Crasshole: Either way you'll drop dead
Summer's come and gone, but things are just starting to heat up. Walter Crasshole takes you down festival lane, gives you flick tips from your favorite press-baiting director and keeps it classy with classy classical music.
Sep 1, 2011 by Walter Crasshole in The Berlin Blog
The Berlinale Vlog: Bruce LaBruce at the Berlinale
Part-time Berliner Bruce LaBruce speaks with our fearless Berlinale blog team about the new documentary about him, The Advocate for Fagdom, being "undead" and how hot prison can be.
Feb 15, 2011 by Dan Borden | Ben Knight in The Berlin Blog
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"I was sick of pretending"
INTERVIEW. Feminist figurehead Judy Chicago is best known for her work “The Dinner Party” which visually provided a place at the table for pussy. Check out the feminist icon at the huge Pacific Standard Time exhibition at Martin-Gropius-Bau.
Apr 11, 2012 by Lena Schiefler in Art
Prison philosophy
INTERVIEW: director Silvia Kaiser. The Conquest of Inner Freedom illustrates what happens when the incarcerated meet the educated. One half of the directing team illuminates here AND at EXBlick on Mon, Dec 12 at Lichtblick Kino.
Vision of the futures
Interview: Tomás Saraceno. Cloud Cities at Hamburger Bahnhof is Saraceno’s ongoing investigation of a possible future, or futures. The exhibition is monumental and personal at the same time.
Nov 3, 2011 by Susanna Davies-Crook in Art
Nine questions for...
German designer Sabrina Dehoff. She cut her teeth working for Guy Laroche and Lanvin in Paris, but we can be thankful that she returned to Berlin to start her own label in 2005.
Sep 21, 2011 by Beccy Sharp in Zeitgeist
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Melvins
With the 20th anniversary of the release of Nevermind fast approaching, inaugurate your teary eyed remembrances with a show by one of Kurt's primary influences, sludge-rock innovators Melvins. To brush up, check out our interview with Buzz!
by Daniel Berg
The Eerily Familiar: Images of Terror
With over 200 works from Der Spiegel archives and 30 international photographers, the group exhibition explores images of war and the role of concentrated media visual practices in cultivating our collective political memory, 10 years after 9/11.
EXBlicks: Mauerpark
BRAND NEW!!! Exberliner’s film and chat series: Berlin films and the people who made them in a real Kiez Kino: Lichtblick-Kino. We kick off with Dennis Karsten’s 2011 documentary, Mauerpark, followed by a Q&A with the director himself.
Q&A: Lars von Trier
Whether reviled or revered, Lars von Trier seldom fails to fascinate his audience. After the countless headlines and all that outrage, here’s the chance to pick the man apart personally in what’s unlikely to be a dull Q&A. Count the Nazi mentions.
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Bangin' cult
COMING SOON! KABOOM brings Araki's knack for teen angst, loose sex, farcical violence and far-out sci-fi back with a bang.
Jun 14, 2011 by Walter Crasshole in Film
Island community
Interview: Efterklang. Currently touring the world promoting An Island, a new take on performance film made with visionary man-of-the-moment Vincent Moon, they play Volksbühne on March 13 along with a screening of the film.
Mar 10, 2011 by Alex J. Eccleston in Reviews & Interviews
Exclusive interview: Chilly Gonzales
The self-described "super-powered musical genius" on Peaches, his new album with Boys Noize, and why "it's all about the AUDIENCE".
Jul 1, 2010 by Lucy De Butts in Reviews & Interviews