Notebook Reviews: Christian Petzold's "Barbara"
Ignatiy VishnevetskyAn East German hospital circa 1980 becomes a locus of decision-making.
Christian Petzold
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Slow Walks, Half Truths and Red Bull: Being a Joint Account on the VIFF Experience
Adam CookA breakdown of the VIFF experience, its qualities and traits.
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Spatial Suspense: A Conversation with Christian Petzold
Daniel KasmanThe director of Barbara talks horror films, surveillance, shooting on 35mm, the sound of a room, the silence of a set.
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TIFF 2012. Correspondences #2
Daniel KasmanOur two-critic TIFF dialogue continues with films by Wang Bing, Christian Petzold, Ying Liang and Ernie Gehr.
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Daily Briefing. Maya Deren, Dario Argento and Cinemadness!
David HudsonAlso: Terrific new covers for forthcoming books.
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Daily Briefing. Believer Film Issue, More Cannes Contenders
David HudsonAlso: Remembering actress Martha Stewart and production designer David Doernberg.
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Berlinale 2012. Christian Petzold's "Barbara"
David HudsonWhile it’s too early to call Barbara Petzold’s best, it is a culmination of his stylish progression and thematic concerns.
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Berlinale 2012. Trailers for Films in Competition
David HudsonFilms by Petzold, the Tavianis, Chavarrías, Schmid and Wang.
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Berlinale 2012. Ten More World Premieres Set for the Competition
David HudsonNew work by Christian Petzold, the Taviani brothers, Ursula Meier, Miguel Gomes and more.
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NYFF 2011. Petzold, Graf and Hochhäusler's "Dreileben"
David HudsonWhat’s fascinating is not only the impulse to rank the three the films of the trilogy but also how differently various critics do.
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Movie Poster of the Week: The Posters of the 49th New York Film Festival
Adrian CurryA look at the posters for the films in the main slate of this year’s New York Film Festival.
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NYFF 2011. Three Directors, Three Films, One Town and One Criminal: "Dreileben"
Daniel KasmanA three film project by three German directors finds three different stories in one town being menaced by an escaped criminal.