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Berlin International Film Festival · 2016

Berlin International Film Festival 2016

Homage

Programme

10 films · 4 reviews

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3096 Tage (3096 Days)

A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2013; Director: Sherry Hormann; Writer: Ruth Toma, Bernd Eichinger; Stars: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Thure Lindhardt, Amelia Pidgeon)

The Age Of Innocence

A tale of 19th Century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

(Country: US; Year: 1993; Director: Martin Scorsese; Writer: Jay Cocks, based on the book by Edith Wharton; Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder)

Bram Stoker's Dracula (Dracula)

Review preview for Bram Stoker's Dracula

Coppola's aesthetic is all about excess and lacks the self awareness that let Hammer Horror films get away with this.

Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
A loose adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel, with the vampire Count seeking the reincarnation of his lost love.

(Country: US; Year: 1992; Director: Francis Ford Coppola; Writer: James V Hart, based on the book by Bram Stoker.; Stars: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Sadie Frost, Keanu Reeves, Tom Waits, Richard E Grant, Cary Elwes, Billy Campbell, Monica Bellucci)

Full review

The Color Of Money

a sequel to the Hustler, in which Fast Eddie Felson takes on a young protégé.

(Country: US; Year: 1986; Director: Martin Scorsese; Writer: Richard Price, based on the book by Walter Tevis; Stars: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, John Turturro)

The Fabulous Baker Boys

Two brothers scraping a living as musicians hire a former escort to revive their act, and both fall in love with her.

(Country: US; Year: 1989; Director: Steve Kloves; Writer: Steve Kloves; Stars: Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges)

Gangs Of New York

Review preview for Gangs Of New York

The acting is ensemble, which means no-one stands out and everyone chips in. Day-Lewis, unrecognisable behind a 'tache wedge, is the most memorable, due to The Butcher being a bigger sicko than anyone else.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
Violent story of brutality on the streets in the early days of New York.

(Country: US; Year: 2002; Director: Martin Scorsese; Writer: Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan; Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Brendan Gleeson, Liam Neeson, Gary Lewis, David Hemmings)

Full review See: Martin Scorsese talks at BAFTA life in pictures event

Goodfellas

Review preview for Goodfellas

This is Scorsese at the top of his game.

Stephen Carty · 5 out of 5
Biopic of mafiosi Henry Hill and his rise and fall through the mob.

(Country: US; Year: 1990; Director: Martin Scorsese; Writer: Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese; Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Chuck Low, Frank DiLeo, Henny Youngman, Gina Mastrogiacomo, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese)

Full review See: Martin Scorsese talks at BAFTA life in pictures event

Martha

A woman loses control of her life following her father's sudden death.

(Country: West Germany; Year: 1974; Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Writer: Cornell Woolrich; Stars: Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Böhm, Barbara Valentin, Gisela Fackeldey)

Quiz Show

A young lawyer investigates a game show after allegations that it has been fixed.

(Country: US; Year: 1994; Director: Robert Redford; Writer: Paul Attanasio, based on the book by Richard N Goodwin; Stars: Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro, Rob Morrow)

Working Girl

Review preview for Working Girl

Its deft handling of feminist issues make it all the more ironic that it has been dismissed as trivial when in many ways it's the female equivalent of Wall Street.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A humble secretary, betrayed by her boss, makes the most of a brief time left in charge to pursue her own ambitions in the world of high finance.

(Country: US; Year: 1988; Director: Mike Nichols; Writer: Kevin Wade; Stars: Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver)

Full review See: Sigourney Weaver interview