by Vera von Kreutzbruck – Germany – Howl, a biopic centered on beatnik Allen Ginsberg’s seminal poem and the resulting obscenity trial, was the most moving and intellectually engaging film presented at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. In the…
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Interview with Howl film directors Epstein and Friedman: “Allen Ginsberg’s Poetic Prophecy”
Tagged with: Allen Ginsberg, Arts & Culture, beat poetry, Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale, Films & Documentaries, Homosexuality, Howl, interview, James Franco, LGBT, Poetry
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Interview with Polish Director Andrzej Wajda: An Elegy for Poland’s Painful Past
by Vera von Kreutzbruck – Germany – Andrzej Wajda was 13 years old when World War II broke out. Together with his mother he lived most of his life in the vain hope that his father might have survived the…
Tagged with: Arts & Culture, Berlinale, Europe, Films & Documentaries, Interviews, Katyn Massacre, Poland, World War II
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The World
Much Ado about Everything: Berlin’s 58th International Film Festival
by Vera von Kreutzbruck – Germany – This year’s 58th International Film Festival in Berlin is offering a heterogeneous mix of topics and genres with many documentaries, a lot of pathos, a few lost souls, war and violence, politics as…
Tagged with: Arts & Culture, Berlin, Berlinale, Europe, Film & Documentaries, Germany
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Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
