Tag: Paula Beer
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...
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...
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...
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...
Frantz | Blu-ray Review
France’s Francois Ozon scored one of his most critically acclaimed ventures in years with 2016’s Frantz, which was the auteur’s third time competing in...
Frantz | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
The Guest Who’s Coming to Dinner: Ozon’s Period Culture Clash a Handsome, Uninvolving Production
In many ways, Francois Ozon’s output still swings jaggedly between the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #43. François Ozon’s Franz
Franz
Director: François Ozon
Writer: François Ozon
Ex-terrible enfant is a perennial favorite on the festival circuit (2015 was only the third year in the past fifteen...
The Dark Valley | Review
Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance: Prochaska’s Grimly Pleasing Revenge Yarn
Selected as Austria’s entry for this year’s Foreign Language Oscar submission, The Dark Valley is perhaps...
