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24 articles written by Will von Tagen
- Film Festival | February 17, 2013
2013 Berlin Film Festival Day 9: Dark Blood
And so the 63rd Berlinale is at a close. Over the past week I have been having the time of my life, and I hope I was able to share some of that with all of you. Through my...
- Film Festival | February 16, 2013
2013 Berlin Film Festival Day 8: Interior. Leather Bar.
I have some very unfortunate news; the general theater audience that I have been ranting and raving about over the past few posts has let me down. Let me clarify this. Remember the first time you saw Fonzie jump...
- Film Festival | February 15, 2013
2013 Berlin Film Festival Day 7: Prince Avalanche
The festival is in a state of transition. Much of the international press is beginning to leave the city, and as the weekend nears, they are replaced with more general audience members looking to enjoy the scene. Nearly all...
- Film Festival | February 13, 2013
2013 Berlin Film Festival Day 6: The Broken Circle Breakdown & Concussion
I was finally able to attend the lecture on short films presented through the Berlinale Talent Campus. The forum was moderated by the curator of the Berlinale Shorts Program, with the panel consisting of shorts programmers from festivals throughout...
- Film Festival | February 13, 2013
2013 Berlin Film Festival Day 5: The state of the industry & Computer Chess Review
The fact is—as much as some of us might not like to hear it—this industry is all about money and film is expensive; so much so that it deters certain distributors from purchasing films because the possibilities of breaking...
- Film Festival | February 11, 2013
2013 Berlin Film Festival Day 4: Maladies
When attending a festival, the town in which it is hosted comes alive to match the draw of the event. All across Berlin, the presence of Berlinale is felt: shop windows are decorated with film reels and retro cameras,...
- Film Festival | February 10, 2013
2013 Berlin Film Festival Day 3: Lovelace & The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
I have made a point of making my program selection as diverse as possible, while still attending the bigger film screenings. Because not everyone is as interested in the big name films from the US, it is typical for...
- Film Festival | February 9, 2013
2013 Berlin Film Festival Day 2: Don Jon’s Addiction & Paradise: Hope
What marks a film festival as a truly unique cinematic experience is the audience. Each morning when get off the S-Bahn in Potsdam Hof, I exit the station via the Arkan Galaria--directly across from the Cinemaxx and Berlinale Palast....
- Film Festival | February 8, 2013
2013 Berlin Film Festival Day 1: Intro & I Used to be Darker
Berlin brought me on board in a pool of sunshine--a welcome in the midst of the typical cloudy German winter. I walked to my hostel from the Bellevue S-Bahn station loaded with gear and clothes to last the 11...