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A Day with Kevin Costner: Horizon 1+2, Venice Film Festival 1.4
Watching both Horizons, the press conference, and sitting in front of Kevin Costner: my final day at the Venice Film Festival.
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Christopher Rhine
Joker: Folie à deux review, VFF 1.3
*No Spoilers* The most anticipated film of the Venice Film Festival arrived and, as expected, divided opinions among those who are right and irrational.
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Venice Film Festival 1.2
Initial reactions, politics and controversy, transportation, food and drink, and Italians.
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Christopher Rhine
Venice Film Festival 1.1
Buongiorno, long time no see.
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Christopher Rhine
Berlinale Films Ranked, Weekly Reel #65
In which I account for all the films I watched, with rankings and recommendations for when they trickle out into theaters later this year.
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The Berlinale Experience: Politics, Films, and Journo-Critics
Controversy strikes at the Berlinale, which is openly prosecuting and disowning public statements made by filmmakers against the killing of Palestinian…
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Christopher Rhine
What Are the Americans Up To? (Berlinale Dispatch)
Perhaps the biggest festival to not have American films as their centerpiece, the Berlinale premieres mostly independent, non-commercial world cinema.
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Christopher Rhine
'Hors du temps' Review (Berlinale)
Assayas spins a cinematic gem that feels intricately designed to speak directly to me once again.
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"La Cocina" and "My Favourite Cake" Reviews, Berlinale Days 1 and 2
I finally locate the politics of the festival in a Mexican film about kitchen work life and Iranian film about a woman's forbidden desires.
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Christopher Rhine
Berlinale Tries to be Political, Day 1
In which the jury is unaware how political the festival is, Cillian Murphy shows up in the middle of his Oscar fyc tour, and an old German man yells at…
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Christopher Rhine
Pre-Berlinale 2024 Controversies Highlight Societal Ills
Germany's Culture Minister cuts funding, artistic director ousted, AfD politicians invited then disinvited, and Berlinale workers demand a more vocal…
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Christopher Rhine
Munich Filmfest (2023) Reviews Part Three, Weekly Reel #57
Fallen Leaves, Four Daughters, Notes on a Summer, Love Life, The Lost King, Northern Comfort, Tiger Stripes, The First Day of My Life, and Orso
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