Berlinale correspondent Elena Lazic examines how Mia Hansen-Løve’s last two films, Eden and L’Avenir (Things to Come), reverse-engineer seemingly cliched stories in order to find the emotional truth and realism buried within them.
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Compassion may be the enemy in A War
Tobias Lindholm continues to explore how trauma affects networks of people in this complex character study of a Danish officer whose compassion may be his undoing.
Berlinale 2016 preview: a strong year for women on both sides of the camera
Elena Lazic, our Berlinale correspondent, takes a look at the most exciting films in the festival, including films directed by and about women, and films from Canada, France, and ex-Yugoslavia countries.
Gerard Barrett on addiction and loneliness in Glassland
Irish writer-director Gerard Barrett’s second film, the sensitive and heartbreaking “Glassland” — about an almost grown boy, John (Jack Reynor) and the stress he faces when he’s forced to become his parent’s (Toni Collette) parent — premiered at Sundance last year. Barrett discusses how he got interested in the film, how he works with actors, and how he designed the aesthetic for the film.
Unlocking the Cage on chimpanzee rights
Do intelligent non-humans like chimpanzees, elephants, and dolphins deserve human-like rights? According to Steven Wise, the animal rights lawyer at the centre of Chris Hegedus’ and D.A. Pennebaker’s documentary Unlocking the Cage, it’s overdue.
Landscape and limbo in Fish Tank
In Fish Tank, physical boundaries stand for social boundaries — the constraints imposed by gender and class and the walls we build for self-protection