Por Juan Carlos Lemus
El frío que se aguanta es poco al compararlo con la emoción de estar en uno de los grandes. El director, este año ha dicho que «todos tenemos derecho a la felicidad» y la película con la que decidió darnos el pellizcó de arranque fue Hail Caesar!
Por Tara Judah Interior oscuro, pero no porque allí no exista ninguna luz. Algo está mal dentro de la casa. La imagen luce granulada y parece
By Tara Judah It’s dark inside, but not because there isn’t any light. Something’s wrong, inside the house. The image is grainy and it looks
By Oriana Franceschi
“Val, can you turn on the lights please?” and flash the pool is illuminated. It shines like a sapphire, a bright jewel in the crown of the wealthy family for whom Val works as a maid in comic drama The Second Mother (Que Horas Ela Volta?, Brazil, 2015), directed by Anna Muylaert. She stands on the side with her employer Carlos, his son Fabinho, and her own daughter Jéssica. “It’s the most beautiful thing, isn’t it?” Val sighs to them.
Por Tara Judah Patricio Guzmán ha ido desenterrando literalmente las atrocidades más ocultas desde hace décadas en la historia de Chile. Sus películas dan voz
By Tara Judah
Panahi offers us a view of the city, though it is fleeting. One of his passengers soon inverts this view, by 180 degrees. It is clear that things are not what they seem. Instead of an insider’s view of the city, Panahi plans to show us how the people of the city, driving or being driven, navigate their lives.
By Tara Judah
With Guy Maddin, it’s familiar territory: dreamlike, rich cinephilia drenched in Maddin’s own personal paranoia, steeped in myth and always humorous. Entering The Forbidden Room had all these elements – and maybe more.
By Tara Judah
Patricio Guzmán has been literally digging up atrocities buried in Chilean history for decades. His films give a voice to some of the world’s most heinous, silenced crimes. The first time I saw La batalla de Chile (Part 1 1975, Part 2 1976, Part 3 1979), The Pinochet Case (2001), and Salvadore Allende (2004) I was horrified by the extent of the crimes and floored by how little I knew of them.
By José Sarmiento Hinojosa
While the Berlinale Palast closes its doors in expectation of a new year, and the whole movement of people that drifted mercilessly along the streets of the Potsdamer Platz is now on their way home, it feels like the right time to reflect calmly on what this last Berlin Film Festival brought to the table (or didn’t).
The members of the 2014 International Jury, James Schamus (President), Barbara Broccoli, Trine Dyrholm, Mitra Farahani, Greta Gerwig, Michel Gondry and Christoph Waltz, award the following prizes:
Director: Mónica Delgado Ch.
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