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All posts by Andrew J. Simpson
Berlinale: “Taxi”
An unsurprising winner of the Berlinale’s Golden Bear, Jafar Panahi’s Taxi is a road movie come-societal commentary of the type that seems to now be a fixture in Iranian cinema. Following on from Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry (1997) and Ten (2002), Panahi...
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Berlinale: “Queen of Earth”
An often bracing study of faces, Queen of Earth is a film that once again underlines the anachronistic influences of director Alex Ross Perry. Following on from last year’s wryly grim Listen Up Phillip, which channelled New Wave narrative conceits around insuf...
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Berlinale: “Everything Will Be Fine”
James Franco is beginning to resemble the Berlinale’s bad luck charm. After grimacing his way through Werner Herzog’s risibly melodramatic Queen of the Desert, he can now be found sleepwalking through Everything Will Be Fine, Wim Wenders’ bizarre 3D picture ce...
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Berlinale: “Queen of the Desert”
Of all the stories surrounding one of the last remaining maverick superstar directors, only one of Werner Herzog’s many legends involves a car accident. Several years ago, Herzog is said to have pulled a dazed and confused Joaquin Phoenix from the wreckage of ...
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