Berlinale is a German showcase, and here is a prime German exhibit: Back for good is a dramatic yet tender exposé of celebrity high life. She's fresh out of rehab, she's just split up with her manager and ex; she's the talk of the town. Now Angie needs a place to stay...
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Berlinale Reviews: ‘Wilde Maus’ takes Polly Trope on a ride
If you liked Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel, you might love this. Vienna. A famous journalist specializing in classical concert critique is fired from his job of 25 years. Georg knows he can't do anything else, he won't find new employment. It's not the money:...
Berlinale Reviews: Vintage German sci-fi gems (Part I)
Kirill Galetski gives a hitch-hiker's guide to science fiction at the Berlinale Film Festival (in two parts). First up: a German showcase. Traditionally critics' least favourite genre (perhaps competing only with its errant cousin, fantasy), sci-fi is nonetheless...
Berlinale Reviews: Es war einmal in Deutschland
Munich-born director Sam Garbarski, who scored a hit with Berlinale audiences with his 2010 film Irina Palm starring Marianne Faithfull, returns to the festival with a German-language film set in 1946 Frankfurt. INDIEBERLIN BERLINALE FILM REVIEW: ES WAR EINMAL IN...
Berlinale Reviews: “Golden Exits” fails to glisten
Alex Perry's latest venture is supposed to be ordinary. It is, but that's not an achievement. A 25-year old from Australia arrives in the Big Apple with the plan to spend a few months there "to grow". Her job is all pre-arranged: she will help a grey-haired,...
British Shorts Film Festival 10th Anniversary – the wild, the weird, the wonderful
The British Shorts Film Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. From the 12th January to the 18th January you can go exploring strange, exciting and new films, workshops, music videos and documentary films. Two hundred films in seven days! The British...
Berlin Documentary Club shows the films that otherwise are hidden
In Ladenkino in Friedrichshain The Berlin Documentary Film Club screens the documentary films that nobody else shows. In a true independent cinema with a great atmosphere for films and socializing, the Documentary Film Club give the people in Berlin a chance to see...
Celebrate Cinematic Pestilence at WOODMAS – 15.10
Here at indieBerlin, we feature plenty of artists who are amazing. It's also not unusual for us to feature events that celebrate the life of particularly loved artists. But this is the first time that I find myself promoting an event, which celebrates the spirit of...
indieberlin interview with the Berlin Feminist Film Week team
Interview with the organizers of Berlin Feminist Film Week Berlin Feminist Film Week turned three years old. Held every March since 2013, it opens up space on screen for perspectives other than your average white male that monopolizes mainstream cinema. But most...
Berlin Feminist Film Week 2016 with the Mobile Kino starting today
It is no coincidence that this year’s Berlin Feminist Film Week begins on the 8th of March; it is international woman’s day, a day of appreciation for females across the globe. Featuring films that have only been directed by women, and which star women in active...
indie Berlinale FILM REVIEW: Mahana (The Patriarch)
Directed by Lee Tamahori Starring Temuera Morrison, Akuhata Keefe, Nancy Brunning, Jim Moriarty, Regan Taylor Running Time: 103 minutes Festival Section: Out of Competition Rating: Excellent New Zealand / Maori director Lee Tamahori made a big splash in 1994 with Once...
INDIE Berlinale BLOG AND FILM REVIEWS DAY TWO: Friday, February 12
The 66th Berlin International Film Festival a.k.a Berlinale is ongoing, and Indieberlin offers you this daily blog to help guide you through the biggest film festival in the world in terms of the number of films shown. One of the most interesting aspects of this or...