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Berlin International Film Festival · 2017

Berlin International Film Festival 2017

Homage

Programme

10 films · 6 reviews

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Barry Lyndon

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Kubrick badly misses the mark with this film, not in quality, but by a whole decade. It simply does not fit into the 1970s.

Donald Munro · 4.5 out of 5
The rise and fall of an Irish rogue.

(Country: UK, US, Ireland; Year: 1975; Director: Stanley Kubrick; Writer: Stanley Kubrick, William Makepeace Thackeray; Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger, Steven Berkoff, Gay Hamilton, Marie Kean, Diana Körner, Murray Melvin, Frank Middlemass, André Morell, Arthur O'Sullivan, Godfrey Quigley, Leonard Rossiter, Philip Stone)

Full review See: Gregory Monro in conversation on Eyes Wide Shut, Jack Nicholson or Al Pacino as Barry Lyndon versus Ryan O’Neal, Full Metal Jacket, Napoleon and The Aryan Papers , Leon Vitali in conversation on Filmworker, Stanley Kubrick's love of animals, photography, Barry Lyndon, and The Shining twins , Leon Vitali in conversation on Filmworker

Chariots Of Fire

Racist and snobbish undercurrents to British success at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.

(Country: UK; Year: 1981; Director: Hugh Hudson; Writer: Colin Welland; Stars: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Nicholas Farrell, Ian Holm, Cheryl Campbell, Alice Krige, John Gielgud, Lindsay Anerson, Nigel Davenport)

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A Clockwork Orange

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Kubrick's canvas is best enjoyed large, right at the front.

Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
Long-banned film about a future distopia.

(Country: US/UK; Year: 1971; Director: Stanley Kubrick; Writer: Stanley Kubrick; Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive, Adrienne Corri, Carl Duering, Paul Farrell, Clive Francis, Michael Gover, Miriam Karlin)

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The Cotton Club

Drama set in the Harlem club.

(Country: US; Year: 1984; Director: Francis Ford Coppola; Writer: William Kennedy, Francis Ford Coppola, William Kennedy, Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Jim Haskins; Stars: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins, James Remar, Nicolas Cage, Allen Garfield, Fred Gwynne, Gwen Verdon, Lisa Jane Persky, Maurice Hines, Julian Beck, Novella Nelson, Laurence Fishburne)

Dick Tracy

The detective battles Big Boy Caprice.

(Country: US; Year: 1990; Director: Warren Beatty; Writer: Chester Gould, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr; Stars: Warren Beatty, Charlie Korsmo, Michael Donovan O'Donnell, Jim Wilkey, Stig Eldred, Neil Summers, Chuck Hicks, Lawrence Steven Meyers, William Forsythe, Ed O'Ross, Glenne Headly, Marvellee Cariaga, Michael Gallup, Seymour Cassel, James Keane)

The Godfather: Part III

Michael Corleone tries to legitimise his empire.

(Country: US; Year: 1990; Director: Francis Ford Coppola; Writer: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola; Stars: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, George Hamilton, Bridget Fonda, Sofia Coppola, Raf Vallone, Franc D'Ambrosio, Donal Donnelly, Richard Bright, Helmut Berger, Don Novello)

The Grand Budapest Hotel

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An emotionally engaging tale that sucks you in with its gentle humour and melancholy.

Max Crawford · 4.5 out of 5
The adventures of a concierge and a lobby boy who becomes his friend.

(Country: US, Germany; Year: 2014; Director: Wes Anderson; Writer: Wes Anderson; Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Léa Seydoux)

Full review See: Harvey Keitel on Sorrentino, Campion and Scorsese

Marie Antoinette

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With its genuine Versailles locations and sumptuous costuming, Marie Antoinette is a feast for the eyes.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
A portrait of France's most famous Queen.

(Country: USA; Year: 2006; Director: Sofia Coppola; Writer: Sofia Coppola, based on the book by Lady Antonia Fraser; Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Steve Coogan, Marianne Faithfull, Rip Torn, Judy Davis)

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Out Of Africa

A Danish plantation owner and a big game hunter have a passionate affair in colonial Kenya.

(Country: US; Year: 1985; Director: Sydney Pollack; Writer: Kurt Luedtke; Stars: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer)

The Shining

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A masterpiece of horror cinema, it features a bleak atmosphere, striking visuals, frenzied performances, and an utterly unshakable, creeping sense of dread.

James Gracey · 5 out of 5
After moving his family to a remote hotel with a troubled past, a writer gradually loses his mind.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 1980; Director: Stanley Kubrick; Writer: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson, based on the novel by Stephen King; Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd, Joe Turkel)

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