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Chilly Berlin Offers Warm Welcome

In the grip of the coldest winter weather in a century, the Berlin International Film Festival will open its doors to thousands of filmmakers, programmers, distributors and buyers in what is one of the key events on the international film … Continue reading

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Berlin Brahmin: Dieter Kosslick

There are very few people in the film business who so obviously (and publicly) relish their jobs as Dieter Kosslick, the head of the Berlin International Film Festival, which opens its 62nd edition on Thursday. Kosslick, of the wicked grin … Continue reading

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SAFE HOUSE

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Ignore the CIA agent gone rouge-laded story. Director Daniel Espinosa delivers a tense, Bourne-style action thriller with bold city streets car chases and messy, bloody fights in hallways. Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) has spent over a year alone in a … Continue reading

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CHRONICLE

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Teenager Andrew Detmer (Dane DeHaan) has one of those white trash trailer lives. His father is an abusive drunk and his mother is deathly ill spending her life in her bed hooked up to oxygen. Andrew’s father hates him but … Continue reading

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W.E.

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Madonna’s second feature film establishes her as a director, but her sticking to the official myth is laughable. It never bothers to answer the haunting question, “Why Wallis?” Before Bennifer, before Brangelina, there was W.E. Clearly Madonna relates to Wallis Simpson, … Continue reading

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MAN ON A LEDGE

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Puts you on the ledge. Remember when Sam Worthington was the next big thing after AVATAR? Remember when he outshone Christian Bale in TERMINATOR SALVATION? In my reality, Bale’s fantastic recorded outburst – rendered to dance music – was due … Continue reading

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Adieu Bingham Ray

Champion of films, filmmakers

In the midst of an impossibly busy schedule here at the Sundance Film Festival, industry veterans were stunned to hear the news that Bingham Ray, a true pioneer in the independent film world, had passed away due to a stroke … Continue reading

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