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Summer film preview

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Summer blockbuster season has morphed over the past few years into summer sequel season. If that doesn’t sound very exciting, that’s because it isn’t.

Hitchcock für Anfänger

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Haven't seen a single Alfred Hitchcock film yet? Check out his earlier silent classics on the big screen.

Potiche

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT

François Ozon's latest comical outing, a bright and fluffy affair but ultimately charming. When a despotic owner of an umbrella factory falls ill at the unfortunate time of a strike by his workers his wife is forced to take over business affairs.

Jack Goes Boating

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT

One relationship blooms, the other slowly crumbles. Jack Goes Boating’s wonderful rhythm is incredibly New York, extremely contemporary and heartwarming. Bring a bottle of wine and a blanket.

The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT

The well-known Fritz Lang film today looks almost like a documentary on surveillance and information gathering.

The spies of life

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Eleven films from both sides of the Iron Curtain, some of them hardly ever seen before, were selected to represent the wide spectrum of cinematic responses to the Cold War at the time it happened.

S-a furat o bomba (A Bomb was Stolen)

Tue, 31 May 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Even though the spy film genre is practically dead, the issue is still relevant: WikiLeaks and Google Street View are simply modern forms of spying. A spy movie-genre celebration begins with a Romanian farce without dialogue from 1961.

The Berlinale Blog: See you next year

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT

No matter how many Berlinale films you manage to see, there are always even more films you've missed. A little frustrating perhaps, but at least it leaves something to look forward to for the rest of the year.

The Berlinale Blog: Slo-fest

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:00:00 GMT

Many of this year's films proceed at a painstakingly slow pace – it's time to get a kick, and the kids fest provides it.

The Berlinale Blog: English as a second language

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT

English might be the world's lingua franca, but it sure ain't easy for native speakers to communicate.

The Berlinale Blog: True love

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Whatever happens in the next 10 days, today has been the highlight of the year. Who cares about a boring film if you can sit in a cinema with Isabella Rossellini?

The Berlinale Blog: Fashion alert

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:00:00 GMT

Don't even think about buying the official Berlinale bag – at €15, it's a rip-off.

The Berlinale Blog: Buy tickets now!

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT

The Berlinale proper starts on Friday, but tickets are on sale already. Check out FJELLET and HOUSEHOLD X for sure!

Full-immersion Bergman

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:00:00 GMT

The Berlinale always devotes some of its precious screen space to retrospectives and homages at the cosy Zeughaus theater, inside the German History Museum. This year, legendary Swedish director Ingmar Bergman gets the honor.