Berlinale 2023 #2, with Ela Bittencourt and Jonathan Ali

Published: Feb. 19, 2023, 10:47 p.m.

b'This week,\\xa0Film Comment\\xa0is reporting from Berlin, where the 2023 Berlinale is currently underway.\\xa0Throughout the festival, we\\u2019ll be sharing daily podcasts, dispatches, and interviews covering all the highlights of this year\\u2019s selection, including new films by Christian Petzold, Angela Schanelec, Hong Sangsoo, James Benning, and many more.\\n\\nOn today\\u2019s episode,\\xa0FC\\xa0co-editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute are joined by\\xa0FC\\xa0contributor Ela Bittencourt and Jonathan Ali, Director of Programming at the Third Horizon Film Festival. They discuss some of the recent premieres at the Berlinale, including Claire Simon\'s Our Body, Moyra Davey\'s\\xa0Horse Opera, and Aaron Kaufman and Sean Penn\'s Superpower; Turkish retrospective selection Black Head (1979), by Korhan Yurtsever; as well as films from the Berlin Critics\' Week\'s "Artistic Differences" program, which included\\xa0Lavra dor (1968), O tigra ea gazela (1977),\\xa0The White Death of the Black Wizard (2020), and\\xa0The Secret Formula (1965).'