Below you will find our favorite films of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival, as well as an index of our coverage.
DANIEL KASMAN
TOP PICKS
I. From the Notebook Of..., Marble Ass, Tout une nuit
II. A Quiet Passion, The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo & Isolation of 1/880000, Creepy, Things to Come, Short Stay
III. Hanasareru Gang, Tempestad, Karla, A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, Le fils de Joseph, Ta'ang
IV. Between Fences, Fire at Sea, Doomed Love – A Journey through German Genre Films
COVERAGE
Hail...Cinema?: Hail Caesar! (Joel & Ethan Coen)
Two Women in Mexico's Storm: Tempestad (Tatiana Huezo)
Why Not Stay in Philly?: Short Stay (Ted Fendt)
The Title Says It Best: Creepy (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
Women Poets and Philosophers: A Quiet Passion (Terence Davies), Things to Come (Mia Hansen-Løve)
Refugee Cinema: Fire at Sea (Gianfranco Rosi), Ta'ang (Wang Bing), Havarie (Philip Scheffner)
Cryptograms: Crosscurrent (Yang Chao), Life After Life (Zhang Hanyi)
Lost Souls of the Revolution: A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (Lav Diaz)
INTERVIEWS
A Cinematic Exorcism: An Interview with Lav Diaz
by Daniel Kasman
RUBEN DEMASURE
In Search of El Dorado: Eldorado XXI (Salomé Lamas), City of Jade (Midi Z), Wang Bing (Ta'ang), An Outpost of Progress (Hugo Vieira da Silva), Letters from War (Ivo M. Ferreira), Rio Corgo (Maya Kosa)
PARTYCRASHERS
A Video Dispatch from the 66th Berlin International Film Festival
by Michael Pattison & Neil Young