Monday, June 18, 2012

Subversive humor: Cantinflas musketeer

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On Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at 8pm, the Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles  will screen        Los Tres Mosqueteros (The Three Mus...
Friday, April 6, 2012

The Sacred and the Profane: Nanni Moretti's Habemus Papam (2011)

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The Holy Week is a time of mystery and wonder: the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ are tangibly re-presented to the...
Saturday, February 18, 2012

Enchanting Journey: The Story of Film - An Odyssey (2011)

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This year’s tour de force at the Berlinale was the 15-hour-long The Story of Film , screened over two consecutive days. (Hard to imagin...
Monday, February 13, 2012

The Red Dream Factory, Meschrabpom-Film, 1921-1936

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The 2012 Berlinale retrospective The Red Dream Factory about the Russian-German Meschrabpom studios is a gift to film teachers, linking l...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Zoot Suit - agitprop esthetics thirty years later

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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Zoot Suit , the seminal film written and directed by Luis Valdez about the Mexican American experience...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

Deutsche Geschichte - German stories in film

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Documentary and fiction films dealing with an aspect, an era, or historical figures in German history are staples of the Berlinale. They all...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

The Berlinale at 61

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There is no better place to meet old friends and make new ones - filmically speaking - than the terrific Berlin film festival. I came here ...