Tag: Christian Petzold
2025 Directors’ Fortnight: 57th Edition is Book-ended by Campillo’s ‘Enzo’ & Eva Victor’s Sundance Hit ‘Sorry, Baby’
German filmmaker Christian Petzold has finally been invited to Cannes - it took the Directors' Fortnight programmers to roll out their red carpet. Starring...
2025 Cannes Film Festival Predictions – 25 Palme d’Or Hopefuls
The Juliette Binoche-led main competition jury could have their work cut out for them, as this might be one of those years where Thierry...
Afire | Review
Pleasure to Burn: Petzold Stokes the Flames in Diffident Drama
A fragile male ego finds itself dismantled in Afire (Roter Himmel), the second chapter...
Loose Pages: Sideshow and Janus Films Scoop up Petzold’s “Afire”
After landing Lila Avilés’ Tótem, Sideshow and Janus Films returned to the same Berlinale competition well and scooped up their second title in just...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #12. Christian Petzold’s Afire
Afire
So deserving and so close at cracking our top 10, the great German filmmaker Christian Petzold continues at his break-neck speed of quantity and...
Fire Island: Christian Petzold Begins Production on “The Red Sky” with Muse Paula Beer
A filmmaker with multiple irons in the fire has decided to go where the glow is. Thanks to our friends over at The Film...
Undine | Review
Till Human Voices Wake Us: Petzold Gets Mythologically Romantic
A classical figure of mythology and beyond, the Undine (or Siren), a water nymph creature who’s...
Through the Looking Glass: Top 20 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022 – Picks 10-1
And now selections 10 down to 1....
#10. The Red Sky – Christian Petzold
Basking in the success of his latest feature, Undine, which competed at...
Best of the 2020 Berlinale: Hittman, Khrzhanovsky/Oertel & Gotardo/Dutra
Mohammad Rasoulof’s There Is No Evil landed the top prize (and once again landed the filmmaker in hot water as Iranian authorities aren't big...
2020 Berlin Intl. Film Festival: Nicholas Bell’s Top 5 Most Anticipated Films
For its 70th edition, the Berlinale begins a new era by adding some new categories (mainly the newly minted Encounters program, a competition for...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #4. Undine – Christian Petzold
Undine
Produced by Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber.
Directed by Christian Petzold
Written by Christian Petzold
Starring: Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Jacob...
Interview: Christian Petzold – Transit
If we think more broadly about the possibilities for narrative cinema in the age of “post-cinema” we can certainly make a case in point...
The Conversation: Finale of the Berlinale 2018
In what constitutes a rather curious and unpredictable session of the Berlin International Film Festival, the 68th edition of the festival ended with some...
The Conversation: Top 5 Most Anticipated 2018 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Offerings
On the surface, the competition lineup for Berlin 2018 seems demurer than the past several years. With the exception of the Wes Anderson opener...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #8. Christian Petzold’s Transit
Transit
The most internationally recognized member of the Berlin School of filmmakers, Christian Petzold and his frequent collaborator, Nina Hoss, have presented some of contemporary...
The Conversation: Venice 2017 – Those Who Were Not Named
With Locarno and Venice’s recently announced competition line-ups, the last stand as far as 2017 festival circuit competition now sits with the soon to...
The Conversation: The 2017 Venice & TIFF Vortex
As the fall festival circuit looms, anticipation is high for a number of items expected to premiere in the fourth quarter. Following a glut...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2018: #5. Christian Petzold’s Transit
Transit
Director: Christian Petzold
Writer: Christian Petzold
It’s already been four years since Christian Petzold unveiled his last masterwork, Phoenix, which (along with 2012’s Barbara) significantly elevated...
Criterion Collection: Phoenix | Blu-ray Review
German auteur Christian Petzold makes his bow in the esteemed Criterion collection with his outstanding seventh feature, Phoenix, which is also his sixth...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 200 Most Anticipated Films of 2017: #9. Christian Petzold’s Transit
Transit
Director: Christian Petzold
Writers: Christian Petzold, Harun Farocki
From within the newer movement known as the Berlin School of filmmaking, German auteur Christian Petzold has managed...
The Conversation: Best of 2015 – Top 10 Theatrical Releases
Diving into the hundreds of new theatrical releases, including large chunks of grueling, gluttonous marathons through world cinema’s greatest offerings from a variety of film...
Video Interview: Christian Petzold (Phoenix)
I sat down with Christian Petzold after the premiere of his new film Phoenix at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. We discussed his...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2016: Picks 100 to 6
While DC and Marvel might already have a lock on several future release dates past the 2015 campaign with the Coen Bros. circling February...
Latest From Ozon, Bahrani, Baumbach, Gordon Green, Petzold & Hansen-Løve Heading to TIFF…Telluride & Venice
Much like back to school sales in mid July, in our books, TIFF's first announcement wave reminds us that the end of summer is...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #7. Christian Petzold’s Phoenix
Phoenix
Director: Christian Petzold
Writer: Christian Petzold
Producers: Schramm Film Koerner & Weber
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Uwe Preuss
One of the best...
Barbara | Blu-ray Review
German director Christian Petzold's long running collaborative relationship with his starring actress Nina Hoss has been fruitful to say the least. A '12 Berlin...
Lynne Ramsay, Andrzej Zulawski & Yorgos Lanthimos: Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2014
11. Zama – Dir. Lucretia Martel
Why This Makes Top 10: At number eleven we have Argentinean filmmaker Lucretia Martel’s latest film, her first since...
Nicholas Bell’s Top Ten Films of 2012: (Picks 5 to 1) Leos Carax’s Holy Motors is #1
5. Amour – Dir. Michael Haneke (Austria)
Winner of the Palme D’or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, the second for auteur Michael Haneke, much...
