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BERLINALE ‘10 WRAP-UP – Part Four

Pamela Cohn — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:31:03 +0000

Berlinale Talent Campus #8 The modest facilities that house the Berlinale Talent Campus, now in its eighth year, are set apart from the main festival’s epicenter, the grand Potsdamer Platz and environs. It is its own universe, a vibrant place […]

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BERLINALE ‘10 WRAP-UP – Part One

Pamela Cohn — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:44:47 +0000

As overwhelming as the 60th Berlinale Film Festival is to experience, it’s even more overwhelming to write about it, particularly since I was there over the course of most of the fest. The event itself has so many aspects—from the […]

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RED RIDING

Lena Dunham — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:59:08 +0000

Here are some things I do like: serial killers (especially ones that prey on prostitutes, behavior I do not condone but enjoy seeing investigated by hard-nosed police detectives); the filthy, funny-sad realism of Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Lynne Ramsay; and the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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