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To note that Gloria!, the directing debut of Italian actor-singer-songwriter Margherita Vicario, is vapid, pseudo-feminist, sentimental piffle would be entirely accurate. And yet, one must also admit that it is at least mildly entertaining piffle, absorbing in the same way that pop videos with lots of dancing and catchy tunes playing in the corner of…
Crossing several borders at once, the coming-of-age romance Langue Étrangère leaps over state lines, overcomes language barriers and defies heteronormative boundaries to tell the story of two 17-year-old pen pals who fall for one another while visiting their mutual homes to brush up on their German and French, respectively. Directed by Claire Burger — herself…
Two of the true giants of German production are joining forces. Nico Hofmann, the long-time CEO of German production powerhouse UFA and producer of such award- and ratings-winning German series as Generation War, Deutschland 83 and Charité, is leaving the Fremantle-owned company to go solo. And he has signed a first-look deal with Jan Mojto’s…
In Senegal, depression is considered so taboo there’s no word for it. For his second feature film, after 2019 Nafi’s Father, Senegalese director Mamadou Dia returns to his hometown in West Africa to explore a deeply personal subject that, he says, is not discussed enough. The film tells the story of a middle-aged retiree named Demba, played by Ben…
Historically, the relationship between Hollywood and European comic books has been fraught with mutual distrust and cultural dissonance. Not to disparage Steven Spielberg — one of our national treasures — but his 2011 adaptation of The Adventures of Tintin was a bit of a disaster. And when La Femme Nikita director Luc Besson fulfilled a…
Fifteen years ago, Carey Mulligan made her first visit to the Berlin Film Festival to support her star-making turn in the dramedy An Education. Lone Scherfig’s film centers on Jenny (Mulligan), a teen in 1960s suburban London who falls for a smooth-talking older man played by Peter Sarsgaard. Scherfig (Italian for Beginners) shared an agent with writer Nick…
There’s a surging life force felt in every scene of Alonso Ruizpalacios’ superbly acted La Cocina — at times ebullient but more often on edge, if not careening dangerously toward disaster or violence. Think The Bear on cocaine with a Red Bull chaser and you get some idea of the sustained intensity and simmering pressure…
“There’s something so completely undeniable about it. There’s just nothing to hide behind. You only get looking like that one way and it’s by an undeniable amount of work,” says director Rose Glass of bodybuilding, the sport that is one of the focal points of her sophomore feature, Love Lies Bleeding. The film, the follow-up…
Ahead of touching down at the Berlin Film Festival, Black Bear manager and producer Philip Westgren shared with THR about why the shutdown Templehof airport is a must-see stop and where you can escape the festival frenzy for a nice steam. What’s your state of mind heading into the European Film Market? I like this year’s…
A week ago, the Berlin Film Festival was bracing for the worst. Alongside possible pro-Palestinian protests of the sort that took place at Sundance last month, it looked like a much larger demonstration, by German film industry and local activists, might completely shut down the red carpet. There was growing anger over the Berlinale‘s decision…