NYFF 2011. The Shawl from Bela Tarr's "The Turin Horse"
Daniel KasmanA telling, accidental detail changes the feel of one of the Hungarian master’s virtuoso camera moves in his newest film.
Berlinale 2011
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The Golden Donkey Berlinale 2011
The Ferroni BrigadeThe crows knew it from Day One: Berlin 2011 would be a—slightly—happier experience. Normally, when night began to fall, the crows descended upon the frost-bleak trees around Potsdamer Platz
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Wenders's "Pina" and Herzog's "Cave of Forgotten Dreams"
David Hudson"Apples and oranges" was my off-the-cuff reply to a critic I admire as we rose from our seats following a screening of Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams. He'd just muttered something to the effect
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Tobacco Roads: James Benning's "Twenty Cigarettes"
Neil YoungJames Benning’s new film on cigarette smoking.
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Festival Work
Daniel KasmanFinding work at the Berlin Film Festival
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Berlinale 2011. Farhadi's "Nader and Simin" + Marston's "Forgiveness of Blood"
David HudsonHonor is everything in the Iran of Asghar Farhadi's Nader and Simon, a Separation and the Albania of Joshua Marston's The Forgiveness of Blood. Each character defends his or her allotment, determined
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Berlinale 2011. Golden Bear for "Nader and Simin, a Separation"
David HudsonWhat a night for Asghar Farhadi's Nader and Simin, a Separation. Not only has the International Jury of this year's Berlinale, presided over by Isabella Rossellini, awarded the film the Golden Bear
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Berlinale 2011. Quick Roundup 2
David HudsonAs with the first quick roundup, the idea here is to point to critical takes on films that I've not caught at the Berlinale but which I'm interested in hearing about (again, for whatever reason
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Berlinale 2011. Béla Tarr's "The Turin Horse"
David HudsonNotes will follow, but first, an introduction: "Among cinephiles the most anticipated competition entry by far was The Turin Horse, the latest — or, as he has claimed, the last — movie by the Hungarian
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Video of the day. Trailer for Béla Tarr's "The Turin Horse"
Daniel KasmanTrailer for Béla Tarr’s “The Turin Horse”
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Berlinale 2011. Quick Roundup
David HudsonI'm hoping that I'll soon be able to post thoughts on Ulrich Köhler's Sleeping Sickness, Wim Wenders's Pina (I'll be arguing the case for the defense), Ralph Fiennes's Coriolanus and, from programs
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Berlinale 2011. Opening Remarks + Paula Markovitch's "The Prize"
David HudsonThe annual state-of-the-Berlinale assessments usually appear after the Bears have been awarded, but this year the lineup has looked so anemic that a handful of pieces asking, to borrow a title from