Amour Fou (2014)
★★☆☆☆
A sober portrait of the woman accompanying Heinrich von Kleist into the hereafter, Jessica Hausner’s Amour Fou isn’t quite as mad as it should be.
Dietrich Brüggemann
Stations Of The Cross / Kreuzweg (2014)
★★★☆☆
A spare, structuralist story of a girl’s Passion as she offers herself to God, Dietrich Brüggemann’s Stations Of The Cross is quickly reduced to easy finger-wagging.
Calvary (2013)
★★★☆☆
With its story of a good priest getting ready to meet his maker, John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary puts the Catholic Church on trial.
The 64th Berlin Film Festival – Berlinale 2014
With jury president producer James Schamus at the helm, the 64th Berlin Film Festival sees a lot of Eastern promise with Awards for both China and Japan.
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Berlin Film Festival 2014: Day 4
If yesterday was love, then today it’s sin, walking the Via Dolorosa (literally) with Stations Of The Cross and Cavalry as well as mortifying…
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