Berlinale 2019 Review: Der Goldene Handschuh
by“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into…
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Petrified: The Fassbinder – JETZT Event, Annotated
byUpon entering the ‘Fassbinder – JETZT’ exhibition (May 6th – August 23rd) at Martin-Gropius-Bau, you are confronted with nine Fassbinders. A three x three grid of…
Warhol’s ‘Lupe’: The Fictitious And Desired Death Of Edie Sedgwick
byAndy Warhol’s film Lupe (1966) restages the mythic account of one celebrity’s suicide as a strategic ploy to envision another’s. Lupe is known to…
Interview With Joshua Oppenheimer
byWith the likes of Werner Herzog and Errol Morris proclaiming The Look of Silence as ‘One of the greatest and most powerful documentaries ever…
Interview with Karin Fornander: Founder of Berlin Feminist Film Week
byAs the Berlin Feminist Film Week starts again this Friday for the second year, the Berlin Film Journal caught up with founder and programmer, Karin Fornander. The…
‘Victoria:’ An Interview With Sebastian Schipper
byIt really feels like a long time since a truly great film has been made or is set in the greatest capital on the continent. We’ve…
Industry Profile: Michael Rosen, Festival Founder
byIt’s no small feat to create an altogether new film festival concept and turn what might have been a far-fetched idea into reality. Just…
A Winter Escape to the Madeira Micro International Film Festival
byNestled atop a cliff facing the Atlantic Ocean, the Madeira Micro International Film Festival takes place in a cinema nearly a century old in…
The Top 10 Weirdest David Lynch Characters
byHalloween must surely be the best time of year to appreciate the weirdness that David Lynch has brought to the world. But how do…