Christian Petzold sits down with Journey Into Cinema to discuss Miroirs No.3, arguing with his family, and why repairing things is the opposite of capitalism.
“You never see factories in cinema” — Christian Petzold on Miroirs No. 3
Tag: Film
The Roots of Madness (It’s America)
The Roots of Madness is an excellent exploration of American intervention in the Middle East that sadly suffers from a fatal omission.
We Have To Survive Contemplates a World in Crisis
In We Have to Survive, Tales from Greenland, Australia, North Carolina and Mongolia show how the world is united in one thing: the threat of climate change.
Ukrainian Rhapsody in 16mm
Filmed over the course of ten years, Pieter-Jan De Pue’s documentary Mariinka is one of the best films made about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Sad Girlz Does It Well
Fernanda Tovar’s Sad Girlz is a touching tale of female friendship under the shadow of sexual violence — the winner of Berlinale Generation 14Plus.
The Beautifully Barmy Unidentified Nonflying Objects (UNO)
Unidentified Nonflying Objects is another freewheeling and deeply weird animated gem from the mind of Russian animator Sasha Svirsky.
A Few Small Beers
Hong Sangsoo’s latest film, The Day She Returns, is even more minimalist than usual, using just a handful of scenes to create a spare poem of differences.
A Russian Winter’s Lost Generation
Patric Chiha’s A Russian Winter is a minor work, but a nonetheless rewarding one: capturing exiled Russian youth in a tragic holding pattern.
I Want To See You Truly Naked
Muriel d’Ansembourg’s taboo-breaking drama explores the way pornography can change who we are, in often finger-wagging ways.
Lust Confidently Finds Its Way Through the Darkness
Ralitza Petrova’s lust is a tale of sex addiction and childhood trauma that, despite its grimness from scene to scene, exerts a curiously optimistic pull.