By Andrew Horn
I used to be a big fan of Guy de Maupassant and in fact I once made a film based on three of his stories - I used to describe it as a story within a story, in which one of the characters tells a story. So I, of course, also read Continue Reading

By Andrew Horn

I started off Saturday with “Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present” playing in the Panorama. During "Iron Sky", I met a critic friend of mine and asked her if she had seen it. She acknowledged that it was ok but semi dismissed it as “typical HBO”. But okay, I’m interested in Marina Abramovic Continue Reading

In OTHER SIDE OF THE SCREEN - 100 YEARS OF MOVIEMENTO CINEMA, Speck reminisces about his tenure as the programmer of the influential Berlin-Kreuzberg counterculture cinema Moviemento (then called Tali) in the 1970s.

The Berlin Film Festival appears to have finally achieved what it has long striven for: well produced and professional entertainment (for the most part at least!) with lively staging, video clips, music shows and good moderation.  In decades past, the Berlinale has had all the flair of an amateur theater production.  Under-rehearsed at best and Continue Reading