A preview of the THIS IS ENGLAND director’s next feature.
February 18, 2008 – 8:33 am
The most hated film at the Berlin Film Festival walked off with the top prize. What did Harvey Weinstein have to do with it?
February 14, 2008 – 4:23 pm
MadonnaMania fades, making room for Guy Maddin, Klaus Kinsky and HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD.
February 14, 2008 – 10:00 am
…at least, until I’m able to behold its wonders/horrors for myself…
February 13, 2008 – 10:07 am
…or, at least, two of Karina’s Twitter friends.
February 12, 2008 – 4:05 pm
THERE WILL BE BLOOD may be the best film in competition in Berlin, but it probably won’t win.
February 11, 2008 – 11:17 am
Shane Meadows, bumper cars, and a Finnish heavy metal horror film. Why didn’t I go to Berlin, again?
February 7, 2008 – 1:12 pm
Spout is, sadly, not at the Berlin Film Festival, where screenings began this morning. But we’ll be trolling the blogs for scraps throughout the course of the fest.
Immediately after Martin Scorsese’s opening night film Shine a Light screened for the press, I started seeing insta-reviews on Twitter and Facebook. “Shine a Light: weak sauce,” [...]
February 6, 2008 – 4:20 pm
In this edition: Berlinale, Berlin Alexanderplatz meets Barack, and Speed Racer’s castration anxiety.
January 15, 2008 – 6:04 pm
Nikal Saval has an admittedly cranky but masterful takedown of I’m Not There at N + 1. Calling Todd Haynes’ pastiche the Worst Movie of 2007, Saval scratches particularly aggressively at Haynes’ habitual referencing and naked larceny: “Haynes is drowning in his film school education, just as his audience is drowning in allusions, and not [...]
