Berlinale 2015
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Berlinale 2015: In Cinema We Are All Travellers
FILM LANDSCAPES
As we travel with Gertrude Bell, the protagonist of Werner Herzog’s facile biopic Queen Of The Desert (USA/Morocco, 2015), through the wide open, sun-dried Arabian desserts, our hair and clothes wrapped in the warm yellow wind, we feel that we have slipped into some other time and..
Berlinale 2015: Sometimes Things Are Just Bad
QUEEN OF EARTH
If Listen Up Philip (USA, 2014) was a dramatic comedy about two horrible men, Queen of Earth (USA, 2015) comes across as some scarily weird, but at the same time, extremely exciting hybrid between a mumblecore, a horror and a psychological thriller, dealing with the trope of broken..
Berlinale 2015: Nobody Wants The Night
NOBODY WANTS THE NIGHT
A delicate and pale face, covered with strange futuristic glasses, is wedged in a pile of furry animal skins and a gramophone is playing while a group of arctic explorers crosses the infinite white landscape on a dog sled. Mrs Josephine Peary is a woman on a mission. Her mi..
Berlinale 2015: The Big Wheel Keeps on Turning
HOW TO WIN AT CHECKERS (EVERY TIME)
Film is one of the most efficient ways to draw attention to political and cultural issues in today’s global society. It has the power to bring us closer to the realities that we know nothing about. How to Win at Checkers (Every Time), Josh Kim’s debut feature, ..