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2413 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 06/11/2025.

Maïwenn’s tough, realist Poliss uncompromisingly bold

The libertarian universe and unconventional style of Maïwenn have taken the competition section by storm at the 64th Cannes Film Festival. The French helmer’s new title, Poliss, is a tough and...  

13/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Competition/France

Bold trio Cavalier, Bonello and Maïwenn in race for Palme d’Or

Originality, radicalism and artistic intransigence characterise the three French directors in the race for the Palme d’Or (see news) at the 64th Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22, 2011). Twice...  

15/04/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Competition

Looking for Young and Innocent critics

Young and Innocent – whose name is taken from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1937 classic – is a web-based competition of film essays and reviews which was launched in Italy in 2003. Its ninth edition is...  

11/03/2011 | Competition | Europe

Unforgiving traditions in The Forgiveness of Blood

The last film presented in competition at the Berlinale, Joshua Marston’s The Forgiveness of Blood finally shows us a country that is little-known to the rest of Europe, partly because its film...  

18/02/2011 | Berlinale 2011 | Competition/Albania-Italy-Denmark-USA

Uncertain wind of change in If Not Us, Who

When someone suggested to German director Andres Veiel that he make a film about Bernward Vesper – who was known during his lifetime as the son of Nazi writer Will Vesper and the lover of Gudrun...  

17/02/2011 | Berlinale 2011 | Competition/Germany

An unremarkable man in A Mysterious World

Argentinean director Rodrigo Moreno’s A Mysterious World , co-produced by German company Rohfilm and shown in competition at the Berlinale, left festival-goers well and truly baffled. The film...  

17/02/2011 | Berlinale 2011 | Competition/DE-AR-UY

Some things are best left unsaid in Our Grand Despair

When, at the end of a film, a glance exchanged between two men and a pretty young girl as she eats a slice of bread with feta and strawberry jam speaks volumes, it’s because the emotional journey...  

16/02/2011 | Berlinale 2011 | Competition/Germany-Turkey

Tarr more apocalyptic than ever in The Turin Horse

Over three years in the making, Bela Tarr’s The Turin Horse finally makes its premiere, in Competition at the Berlinale. It bears all the trademarks of Tarr’s oeuvre since his 450-minute...  

16/02/2011 | Berlinale 2011 | Competition/HU-FR-DE-CH-US

You, me and you and me in July’s The Future

Five years after her debut feature, Me and You and Everyone We Know (winner of the Cannes Camera d'Or in 2005), eclectic US writer-director-artist Miranda July is in competition at Berlin with a...  

15/02/2011 | Berlinale 2011 | Competition/Germany-USA

Coriolanus is a powerful present-day adaptation of Shakespeare

Actor and first-time director Ralph Fiennes finds a perfect setting for one of Shakespeare’s most battle-heavy plays in the modern day. The integral text, as adapted by John Logan (Gladiator), may...  

14/02/2011 | Berlinale 2011 | Competition/UK

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