The role of montage in Radu Jude’s The Exit of the Trains (Ieşirea trenurilor din gară, 2020)

Vol. 112 (February 2021) by Anastasia Eleftheriou
This film examines and questions how we can document and remember the atrocities of the Iași pogroms.

Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert’s Never Gonna Snow Again (Śniegu już nigdy nie będzie, 2020)

Vol. 108 (October 2020) by Jack Page
A mysterious stranger brings peace to Warsaw's restless bourgeoisie.

Radu Jude’s Uppercase Print (Tipografic majuscul, 2020)

Vol. 103 (March 2020) by Zoe Aiano
Radu Jude continues to pursue two missions that have come to define his career.

Iryna Tsilyk’s The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (2020)

Vol. 103 (March 2020) by Zoe Aiano
This film explores everyday life and the role of storytelling in a recovering war zone.

Natalija Yefimkina’s Garage People (Garagenvolk, 2020)

Vol. 103 (March 2020) by Zoe Aiano
This documentary explores garages populating the outskirts of Russian towns.

Natalija Yefimkina on Garage People

Vol. 103 (March 2020) by Zoe Aiano
Berlin-based filmmaker Natalija Yefimkina discusses her film and points out how documentary filmmaking lacks support.

Berlinale 2020

Vol. 102 (February 2020) by Editors
Live coverage from the 70th Berlin International Film Festival (February 20-March 1).

Abel Ferrara’s Siberia (2020)

Vol. 102 (February 2020) by Konstanty Kuzma
Abel Ferrara takes Willem Dafoe to the woods for his image-laden spectacle.

Andrey Gryazev’s Kotlovan (2020)

Vol. 102 (February 2020) by Konstanty Kuzma
Russian filmmaker Andrey Gryazev assembles a film from YouTube videos addressing president Vladimir Putin.

Biopics on Intellectuals

Vol. 31 (July 2013) by Moritz Pfeifer
Moritz Pfeifer thinks about biopics about intellectuals, focusing on the recent productions Hannah Arendt and The Last Station, which screens at the 2020 Berlinale.