Berlin Film Society Presents: straight 8 x Berlinale Special – The Best Super 8 Short Films
by“The magic of cinema in its purest form.” – Asif Kapadia Remember the opening credits of the late 1980’s and early 90’s TV show…
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History and Art Elevate Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria… with Legal Consequences
byWatching the 1977 Dario Argento version of Suspiria, heightened my anticipation of the new release by director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name,…
All Of Them Witches: Season Of The Witch
byA sizeable chunk George A. Romero’s all too short body of work was born between night and dawn. An overtly experimental stage -composed of four…
From Menace to Fetish: Seven Movies about Cars
byCars in cinema are more than just props or vehicles that enable a character to get from A to B. They can be used to…
Berlin Film Society Presents: A Spellbinding Halloween – Dario Argento’s Suspiria
by“Do you know anything about witches?” This Halloween, the Berlin Film Society is resurrecting Italian director Dario Argento’s 1977 cult horror classic, Suspiria – arguably…
The Movies That Made Me: An Interview with Stelahr
byBarefoot on stage, black silk, white-bleached hair: this is Stelahr. Born in London, raised in Berlin, Stella Franke was nurtured in an environment surrounded…
Thank You For The Music: Phantom Of The Paradise
byPhantom of the Paradise is a musical horror film about the lexicon devil that is the music industry and the pain of exerting everything for…
The Language Before Cinema
byWhat really makes a cinematic movement? We all know about collectives of film-makers with a connected conscience, rebellious political motives, and reactionary auteurs united…
Berlin Film Society & Berliner Union Film Present: Shut Up And Play The Piano
byBerlin Film Society and Berliner Union Film are proud to present a special preview screening of Philipp Jedicke’s acclaimed documentary Shut Up And Play The Piano – the…