Exclusive: The "Phoenix" and "Barbara" filmmaker offers another slice of unique drama that refuses to adhere to convention (and is all the better for it). Despite often trafficking in dark themes in ...

While he earned acclaimed with Barbara, German director Christian Petzold, well-deservedly, reached a bigger audience with his haunting post-WWII drama Phoenix. He’s now returned with Transit, without ...

Hot on the heels of its premiere in-competition at the Berlin Film Festival this weekend, a trailer has arrived for the new film by German filmmaker Christian Petzold (Jerichow, Barbara, Phoenix) ...

For some reason, the directors of live performances of classic plays or operas are allowed the freedom to stage their works outside of their stated time period – we don't blanch when a Shakespeare ...

Barbara and Phoenix director Christian Petzold returned to Berlinale this year with Transit, without regular muse Nina Hoss for the first time since 2005’s Ghosts. Rather, the drama centers on Georg ...

The period piece is one of the most contradictory and limited forms of storytelling, its lavish pageantry frequently distancing stories from the viewer while also bending over backward to attempt ...

Despite often trafficking in dark themes in his films — his last three films all center around seemingly normal people whose lives are ravaged by corrupt and often evil governments — filmmaker ...