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Asian cinema conquers Berlin as fest wraps up
The 57th Berlin Film Festival has wrapped up after awarding a Chinese drama its Golden Bear prize for best picture, capping a bumper year for Asian cinema at the event.
Nations:Lebanon Germany China Israel Argentina People:Gael Garcia Bernal Marianne Faithfull Jia Zhangke Alec Baldwin Robert De Niro Willem Dafoe Activities:2007 Berlin Film Festival
2007-02-18
China arthouse films make waves on foreign shores
While audiences half way across the world shower Chinese arthouse cinema with adulation and awards, finding viewers at home can seem much harder.
Nations:China People:Zhang Yimou Activities:2007 Berlin Film Festival
2007-02-18
Uncensored look at changing China at Berlin Film Festival
Chinese directors at this year's Berlin Film Festival are taking a critical look at the effects of unbridled capitalism on their country with one film in competition falling foul of the censors.
Nations:China France South Korea Hong Kong Activities:2007 Berlin Film Festival
2007-02-16
Berlin film festival fails to reel in the critics
You know it has not been a vintage Berlin film festival when the leading contender for top prizes falls somewhere between "average" and "good" in the critics' ratings
Nations:Afghanistan Turkey Germany China People:Marion Cotillard Orhan Pamuk Marianne Faithfull Michael Winterbottom Michael Moore Robert De Niro Activities:2007 Berlin Film Festival
2007-02-16
J-Lo flops in Berlin with 'Bordertown'
US actress and pop star Jennifer Lopez defended her new movie, "Bordertown," against a howling pack of reporters at the Berlin Film Festival turned off by ludicrous plot turns and wooden dialogue.
People:Antonio Banderas Ben Affleck Jennifer Lopez Activities:2007 Berlin Film Festival
2007-02-15
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