Tag: Florian Koerner von Gustorf

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...

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...

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...

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...

Here’s Lookin’ at You, Visa: Petzold Posits New Fascism on Classic WWII Novel Transit | Blu-ray Review

Christian Petzold, the shining star of Germany’s Berlin School, unveiled his most provocative narrative reclamation yet with 2018’s Transit, adapted from Anna Segher’s 1942...

Transit | Review

Those Who Leave: Petzold Collapses Past and Present with Holocaust Redux Switching things up considerably compared to his previous offerings, German auteur Christian Petzold makes...

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...

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Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

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Interview: Virginie Efira – All of a Sudden

In All of a Sudden (read review), Virginie Efira delivers...

Interview: Nathalia Acevedo – Salón de belleza

Actress-turned-filmmaker Nathalia Acevedo made her feature directorial debut with...

Fjord | Review

Uncanny Valley: Mungiu Explores Liberated Prisons Totalitarian mentality is driven...