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2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: an original and unorthodox look at Iranian cinema in ‘Pig (Khook)’

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2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: an original and unorthodox look at Iranian cinema in ‘Pig (Khook)’

Erik Anderson February 21, 2018

Synopsis: A blacklisted Iranian director is alarmed when several filmmakers are murdered around the country. He’s alarmed not only because of the murders – but... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Gus Van Sant’s ‘Don’t Worry He Won’t Go Far On Foot’

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2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Gus Van Sant’s ‘Don’t Worry He Won’t Go Far On Foot’

Erik Anderson February 20, 2018

Synopsis: The story of American cartoonist John Callahan whose alcoholism led him to a permeant physical impairment and a career in satirical cartoons. Gus Van... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival: Emily Atef’s triumphant and poignant ‘3 Days in Quiberon’

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2018 Berlin Film Festival: Emily Atef’s triumphant and poignant ‘3 Days in Quiberon’

Erik Anderson February 19, 2018

Synopsis: Over the course of 3 days, late German actress Romy Schneider is interviewed in a hotel in France. Surrounding her are a journalist, her... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Eric Poppe’s haunting and audacious ‘U – JULY 22’

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2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Eric Poppe’s haunting and audacious ‘U – JULY 22’

Erik Anderson February 19, 2018

Synopsis: On July 22, 2011, a right-wing extremist murdered over 77 young men and woman on Utoya island in Norway. This is a re-telling of... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘The Real Estate’

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2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘The Real Estate’

Erik Anderson February 19, 2018

Synopsis: A Swedish woman returns to her home country after living 25 years abroad. She inherits a large building with an entire floor that’s occupied... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Laura Bispuri’s powerful and affecting ‘Daughter of Mine’

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2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Laura Bispuri’s powerful and affecting ‘Daughter of Mine’

Erik Anderson February 18, 2018

Synopsis: A drama centered on a girl who is living a seemingly happy life with her parents who raised her only to then find herself... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Cedric Kahn’s superbly acted and engaging ‘The Prayer’

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2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Cedric Kahn’s superbly acted and engaging ‘The Prayer’

Erik Anderson February 18, 2018

Synopsis: A heroin addict enters a religious rehabilitation center far in the mountains in hopes of liberating himself from addiction. There he experiences religion, friendship... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Benoît Jacquot’s ‘Eva’ starring Gaspard Ulliel and Isabelle Huppert is contrived and unconvincing

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2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Benoît Jacquot’s ‘Eva’ starring Gaspard Ulliel and Isabelle Huppert is contrived and unconvincing

Erik Anderson February 17, 2018

Synopsis: A playwright encounters a mysterious woman when he takes shelter in a chalet during a violent snowstorm. Benoît Jacquot’s EVA is a revenge thriller that... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Christian Petzold’s ‘Transit’

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2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Christian Petzold’s ‘Transit’

Erik Anderson February 17, 2018

Synopsis: When a man flees France after the Nazi invasion, he assumes the identity of a dead author whose papers he possesses. Stuck in Marseilles, he... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: The raw and essential doc ‘What Comes Around’

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2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: The raw and essential doc ‘What Comes Around’

Erik Anderson February 16, 2018

It’s been an interesting few years for Middle Eastern cinema at the Oscars, with several films from Lebanon (THE INSULT), Syria (LAST MEN IN ALEPPO... Read More