371: German Genre Films II

Archival Spaces 371 Berlinale Retrospective II Uploaded 18 April 2025 Six weeks ago I posted my blog about the Berlinale Retrospective “Wild, Weird, Bloody. German Genre Films of the 70’s,” which included films from both East and West Germany: crime, horror, musicals, melodramas, not New German Cinema. I also noted that I missed a numberContinue reading “371: German Genre Films II”

368: 75th Berlinale (Retrospective)

Archival Spaces 368 Retro: German Genre Films from the 1970s 7 March 2025 Hard to believe that it was 51 years ago that I attended my first Berlinale film screening. I actually wasn’t in town that Summer of 1974 for the Festival but rather to research my master’s thesis (Ernst Lubitsch) at the Deutsche Kinemathek,Continue reading “368: 75th Berlinale (Retrospective)”

317: Berlinale II

Archival Spaces 317 Berlinale II Uploaded 17 March 2023 Because of the closing of two major venues around the Potsdamerplatz, the Festival’s previous geographic center, this year’s Berlinale was a challenge, just in terms of getting from one theatre to the next, since they were spread out all over town, from the Kurfurstendam in theContinue reading “317: Berlinale II”

316: The Berlinale

Archival Spaces 316 Berlinale Competition Uploaded 3 March 2023 The 73rd Berlinale took place between 16 – 26 February. I attended for the first time since 2019 because the COVID pandemic had kept me away. The largest film festival in the world, after Cannes and Venice, the Berlinale presents approximately 450 films in various programs,Continue reading “316: The Berlinale”