More from Scott Roxborough
Ethan Hawke on Shedding Hair and Height to Play Lorenz Hart in ‘Blue Moon’
Hawke is unrecognizable as the 5-foot balding Broadway genius in Richard Linklater’s new film. "It was demolishing to my vanity," he says from Berlin.
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Quiet Berlin Market Wraps With Few Big Deals But Some Optimism
A handful of domestic deals and a studio bidding war for a Natalie Portman rom-com helped light up an otherwise uneventful European Film Market. "Movies that sell are selling at pre-pandemic prices."
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Todd Haynes on Resistance, Reinvention and the Art of Letting Go
This year's Berlin Film Fest jury president talks about Donald Trump, the challenges for indie cinema, and what the AIDS crisis taught him about activism: "We have to really be careful about not yielding."
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Why Is Cloud9 Studios’ Pia Patatian So Bullish on the Indie Film Business?
The industry vet discusses her new shingle, her Berlin slate and why the independent film sector needs "a change from how things have always been done."Â
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Lights, Camera, Anxiety: International Film World Frets Over Trump’s Next Move
From tariffs to censorship and funding threats, insiders fear it’s just a matter of time before the new administration sets its sights on the entertainment industry.Â
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The Miraculous Absurdity of Romanian Trouble Maker Radu Jude
With 'Kontinental 25,' the Berlin Golden Bear winner continues his sharp critique of Romania’s post-socialist reality, blending wry humor with social commentary with “the smallest (budget) possible."
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Berlin According To… Susan Wendt, Managing Director, Sales, TrustNordiskÂ
The veteran sales exec weighs in on how to stay warm, where to take a stroll and how to ward off the festival flu (it involves a bitters liquor).
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Berlin: Amanda Plummer and Barkhard Abdi in Uwe Boll’s Refugee Thriller ‘Run’ (Exclusive Trailer)
The new film from the renegade German director turns the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean into an action thriller.
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The Body Politic: Meet the Female Filmmakers Who Are Shaping the Future of Horror
Following in the bloody footsteps of Coralie Fargeat’s 'The Substance,' a new wave of female filmmakers is reinventing body horror, melding grotesque transformations with sharp critiques of beauty standards.
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The Many Worlds of Marion Cotillard
Her versatility has allowed her to shine in the Oscar-winning 'La Vie en Rose,' blockbusters such as 'Inception' and art-house dramas like 'Rust and Bone.' Now she’s back at Berlin with 'The Ice Tower.'
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‘Köln 75’ Star John Magaro on Being “a Working Class Actor,” Owing So Much to James Gandolfini
"It's been a very slow ladder climb to get recognition," says Magaro, who plays jazz legend Keith Jarrett in the new film, world premiering at the Berlin Film Festival.
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The Armie Hammer Comeback Has Begun (Sort of)
The disgraced former star is starting from the bottom again, working on low-budget indie films and, he tells The Hollywood Reporter, practicing "behavioral sobriety."
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