Germany selects Berlinale winner 'Barbara' for the foreign-language Oscar race

Posted by · 9:37 am · September 1st, 2012

Christian Petzold’s superb Stasi-era drama is also playing Telluride this weekend.

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Berlinale Diary: 'Tabu,' 'Barbara,' 'Sister'

Posted by · 8:18 pm · February 19th, 2012

Guy Lodge concludes his coverage of this year’s Berlin Film Festival by reviewing his three favorites of the fest.

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Italy's 'Caesar Must Die' takes top honors at Berlinale

Posted by · 4:20 pm · February 18th, 2012

The Berlin Film Festival jury, headed by Mike Leigh, surprised critics by handing their top prize to “Caesar Must Die” — a semi-documentary about a prison production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” — from veteran Italian auteurs Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.

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