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Berlin International Film Festival · 2017

Berlin International Film Festival 2017

Berlinale Classics

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7 films · 5 reviews

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Annie Hall

Review preview for Annie Hall

Allen's genius is in bringing out the humour in little incidents and in using them to provide sharp insights into character.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
A neurotic Jewish New York comedian attempts to have a relationship with a free spirited young woman who visits the same shrink.

(Country: US; Year: 1977; Director: Woody Allen; Writer: Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman; Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Shelley Duvall, Janet Margolin, Colleen Dewhurst, Christopher Walken, Donald Symington, Helen Ludlam, Mordecai Lawner, Joan Neuman, Jonathan Munk, Ruth Volner)

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Avanti Popolo

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As a kind of call to arms against nostalgia on the one hand but forgetfulness on the other, Uruguayan-born Michael Wahrmann charts ambitious terrain.

Michael Pattison · 3 out of 5
A son tries to reconnect with his father in a film that explores the nature of film.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2012; Director: Michael Wahrmann; Writer: Michael Wahrmann; Stars: André Gatti, Carlos Reichenbach, Eduardo Valente)

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Black Gravel (Schwarzer Kies)

Drama set in post-War West Berlin.

(Year: 1961; Director: Helmut Käutner)

Canoa

A group of young university employees from Puebla is stranded in Canoa during a weekend outing; suspected of being communist students, the villagers mount an attack on them.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 1976; Director: Felipe Cazals; Writer: Tomás Pérez Turrent; Stars: Enrique Lucero, Salvador Sánchez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Rodrigo Puebla, Roberto Sosa, Arturo Alegro, Carlos Chávez, Jaime Garza, Malena Doria, Julio Alejandro, Sergio Calderón, Rodrigo Cruz, Gerardo del Castillo, Alicia del Lago, Jorge Fegán)

Maurice

Review preview for Maurice

What's really revolutionary about this film is the way Ivory photographs male bodies.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A young man has to come to terms with his sexuality.

(Country: UK; Year: 1987; Director: James Ivory; Writer: Kit Hesketh-Harvey, James Ivory, based on the novel by EM Forster; Stars: James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Billie Whitelaw, Barry Foster, Judy Parfitt, Phoebe Nicholls, Patrick Godfrey, Mark Tandy, Ben Kingsley, Kitty Aldridge, Helena Michell, Catherine Rabett)

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Night Of The Living Dead

Review preview for Night Of The Living Dead

Though shot on cheap black-and-white film stock, NOTLD was the film that would turn the whole horror genre blood red, with its innovative use of graphically realistic gore effects.

Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
Film that set the template for the modern zombie movie.

(Country: US; Year: 1968; Director: George A Romero; Writer: John Russo, George A Romero; Stars: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley, Kyra Schon, Russell W. Streiner, Charles Craig, Bill Heinzman, George Kosana, Frank Doak, Bill 'Chilly Billy' Cordille)

Full review See: George A Romero talks zombies, religion and genocide in Karlovy Vary , George A Romero interview about Diary Of The Dead

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Terminator 2: Judgment Day Special Edition, Terminator 2, T2, Terminator 2 Judgment Day)

Review preview for Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2 is a wonderful sequel, dramatically satisfying and a fine entertainment.

Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
A Terminator robot comes back in time to protect a boy from another, more advanced killer robot.

(Country: US; Year: 1991; Director: James Cameron; Writer: James Cameron, William Wisher; Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl Boen, Joe Morton, S Epatha Merkerson, Castulo Guerra, Danny Cooksey, Jenette Goldstein, Xander Berkeley)

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