Monthly Archives: February 2011

By Shea The Berlinale premiere films “The Turin Horse” and “Sleeping Sickness” have two things in common: They both totally forgo any notion of classical ‘story,’ and they both take their sweet time. It has been written that Hollywood films … Continue reading →

In addition to featuring a variety  of feature length films, the Berlinale also highlights short films. The other day I saw a block of these short films in the Colloseum Cinema in Prenzlauer Berg. Titled Berlinale Shorts III, the screening … Continue reading →

By Ben Taking a break from all of the premieres and movies that won’t be shown in the US until later this year, we decided to hit up the Ingmar Bergman retrospective that’s going on for the entirety of the … Continue reading →

By Ben Here’s what happens when you’re at an international film festival, you don’t know anything about 90% of the films being shown, and you pick one to go to based purely on the awesome name: it ends up being … Continue reading →

By Shea Ten movies down at the Berlinale film festival, the same question keeps nagging at me: what makes a “great” film? Granted, it’s a clichéd question, and I know one can easily respond: “a great film is whatever the … Continue reading →

Oy, just got out of a screening for Mein Bester Feind (My Best Enemy). What an odd film. Initially, I was very excited to see it: It had been heavily advertised, appeared to have an intriguing plot and an all-star … Continue reading →

Another review written by Ethan on the film Sleeping Sickness Viewing context: This was the first film we saw at the festival, and it was met with extremely mixed reviews from the group. Ben and I thought it was pretty … Continue reading →

So here’s a review of Turin Horse written by Ben. Enjoy! Here’s what happens when you’re in a foreign country with friends and none of you have a phone: it’s the ’90s again, guys.  After waking up at 6 AM, … Continue reading →

Here is a review of the film Fjellet that Ben wrote. Viewing Context: On Sunday Aaron and I realized that we were the only ones that had tickets to Fjellet (I don’t know either), aka The Mountain. After much sprinting … Continue reading →

Here’s a review of the film Pina written by Shea. I haven’t yet figured how to add him as a user to the blog, so that’s why it says by Aaron Winckler on the top, even though he wrote it. … Continue reading →