Last night Mohamed Diab’s Clash, set against the backdrop of Egypt’s 2013 revolution, screened at City Kino in Wedding as part of the Arab Film Festival.… Read More Clash at the 8th Arab Film Festival Berlin
In ancient Rome, the term ‘Genius’ Loci existed, the ‘soul of the place.’ The soul of the city spoke to its inhabitants in the shape of a snake.… Read More Short Film: Rhino Full Throttle, A Berlin Love Story
If the 1920s surrealists were alive today, where would they live? Berlin, naturally.… Read More Elixir at the 5th Down Under Berlin Film Festival
When someone first told me about this Berlin film shot in one continuous take, I flat out refused to see it. It will be rubbish I said. How is it possible to make a good film in just one take? Editing exists for a reason you know. And so on…… Read More Film: Victoria
Have you been seeing posters like this all over Berlin? Wondering what it’s all about? Guest-blogger Pat O´Day went undercover to find out…… Read More Guest Post: Training day with the Nature Theatre of Oklahoma, by Pat O´Day
Yes, it is. I went to see the new James Bond film, Skyfall, there yesterday, and remembered why I stopped going there about a year ago. They play over an hour of adverts before the film starts. First, they played normal adverts, then trailers, then they switched back to normal adverts again! It’s enough to… Read More Is the CineStar in Potsdamer Platz the worst cinema in Berlin?
This weekend I took part in Shoot and Run, a Berlin-based project in which you and your team have just 48 hours to make a short film. It’s a regular competition, which focuses on a different area of Berlin each time. The theme / genre that we were given at the 7pm registration on Friday… Read More Making a short film in 48 hours…
Want to see Liam Neeson eating a currywurst? A car chase down Friedrichstrasse (which, in typical Berlin fashion, involves a lorry full of beer)? A bomb go off in the Hotel Adlon? It’s always fun to see an action thriller set in the place you live… Neeson plays Martin Harris, who arrives in Berlin with his wife… Read More Film Review: Unknown
The big news in Berlin at the moment is the daylight robbery that took place at the Grand Hotel Hyatt this weekend – and no, I’m not referring to their room prices. Armed gunmen stormed into the hotel in Potsdamer Platz on Saturday afternoon and plundered the PokerStars European Poker Tour. There ensued much confusion over how… Read More Daylight Robbery
It’s that time of year in Berlin when glitter balls shimmer, red carpets are rolled out and the stars come to town. Kate Winslet is staying in Hotel Adlon, Tilda Swinton is in the Hotel Ritz Carlton, Keanu Reeves, Renée Zellweger and Michelle Pfeiffe are in The Regent Hotel (not together of course), Ben Stiller… Read More The Berlinale: Metropolis and Shutter Island
Nicknamed Berlin’s highest cinema, you’ll find Sputnik Kino on the fifth floor of a 19th century business complex in Kreuzberg. The climb to this intimate art house cinema and bar, however, is worth it. It has two screens, a 1950s style bar scattered with sofas and old film artefacts, and a balcony with a view that… Read More British Shorts Film Festival at Sputnik Kino
Former Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit described Berlin as “poor but sexy”, and there is nothing poorer or sexier in Berlin than its film-making community. Berlin has provided the inspiration for films such as Cabaret, Wings of Desire and The Lives of Others, and is home to over 100 cinemas (see list) and the Berlinale. … Read More Premiere of The Line, Kastanianallee 77
An Englishman in Berlin 