Category Archives: Berlin International Film Festival

BERLIN FILM REVIEW: Yu Li’s ‘Lost in Beijing’

Posted on February 18, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett BERLIN – “Lost in Beijing” might have the Chinese censors trying to wield their scissors, but Yu Li’s muddled sex drama is unlikely to cause an uproar, or make much of a stir, anywhere else. Film Distribution, … Continue reading →

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BERLIN FILM REVIEW: Marianne Faithfull in ‘Irina Palm’

Posted on February 13, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett BERLIN – Marianne Faithfull (pictured) is unforgettable as a middle-class, middle-aged frump who takes a job at a sex club in order to raise enough money for her grandson’s life-saving operation in Sam Garbarski’s crowd-pleasing comedy-drama “Irina … Continue reading →

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BERLIN FILM REVIEW: ‘The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal’

Posted on February 13, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett BERLIN – Concentration camp survivor Simon Wiesenthal, who lost 89 relatives to the Nazis, was for many the conscience of the Holocaust. An extraordinary man who died at 96, outliving almost all of his enemies, Wiesenthal celebrated … Continue reading →

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BERLIN FILM REVIEW: ‘When a Man Falls in the Forest’

Posted on February 12, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett BERLIN – One of the characters in Ryan Eslinger’s joyless drama of wasted lives, “When a Man Falls in the Forest,” listens to a self-help tape called “An Exploratory Guide to Lucid Dreaming.” It’s too bad the … Continue reading →

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BERLIN FILM REVIEW: Julie Delpy’s ‘2 Days in Paris’

Posted on February 10, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett BERLIN – Lovers in the city of romance. Jack’s American; Marion’s French. He’s a hypochondriac; she worries about the state of the world. He’s an interior designer; she’s a photographer. He’s in a foreign city, and she’s … Continue reading →

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