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    Director James Mangold’s “Logan” To Debut At Berlin Film Festival

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    Hugh Jackman (r) as Logan/Wolverine and Dafne Keen as Laura in “Logan” (photo by Ben Rothstein/courtesy of Marvel and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.).
    BERLIN (AP) --

    “Logan,” the third movie focusing on Hugh Jackman’s Marvel superhero Wolverine, is to premiere at next month’s Berlin International Film Festival.

    The film, directed by James Mangold (whose spotmaking/branded content roost is Aero Film), sees the aging Logan set out on a last adventure to protect a young girl with special powers in a post-apocalyptic world.

    Patrick Stewart reprises his role as Professor X, while Richard E. Grant plays the villain Zander Rice.

    It was among 13 further movies announced Tuesday for the lineup of the festival that opens Feb. 9.

    Festival organizers said “Viceroy’s House,” a film about the 1947 partition of India starring Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal and Huma Qureshi, will also premiere in Berlin.

    The festival’s top Golden Bear prize will be awarded Feb. 18 by a jury under Dutch director Paul Verhoeven.

    Competition

    The following films will be celebrating world or international premieres in the Competition of the Berlinale 2017.

    Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja (On the Beach at Night Alone)
    South Korea
    By Hong Sangsoo (Nobody’s Daughter Haewon, Right Now, Wrong Then)
    With Kim Minhee, Seo Younghwa, Jung Jaeyoung, Moon Sungkeun, Kwon Haehyo, Song Seonmi, Ahn Jaehong, Park Yeaju
    World premiere

    El Bar (The Bar) 
    Spain
    By Álex de la Iglesia (Mad Circus, The Day of the Beast, The Oxford Murders)
    With Blanca Suárez, Mario Casas, Carmen Machi, Terele Pávez, Secun de la Rosa, Alejandro Awada, Joaquín Climent, Jaime Ordóñez
    World premiere – Out of competition

    Helle Nächte (Bright Nights)
    Germany / Norway
    By Thomas Arslan (Dealer, Vacation, In the Shadows, Gold)
    With Georg Friedrich, Tristan Göbel, Marie Leuenberger, Hanna Karlberg
    World premiere

    Joaquim
    Brazil / Portugal
    By Marcelo Gomes (Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures, The Man of the Crowd, I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You)
    With Julio Machado, Isabél Zuaa, Nuno Lopes, Rômulo Braga, Welket Bungué, Karay Rya Pua
    World premiere

    Logan 
    USA
    By James Mangold (Girl, Interrupted, Walk The Line, The Wolverine)
    With mit Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Doris Morgado, Sienna Novikov, Elizabeth Rodriguez
    World premiere – Out of competition

    Mr. Long 
    Japan / Germany / Hong Kong, China / Taiwan
    By Sabu (Monday, Chasuke’s Journey)
    With Chen Chang, Sho Aoyagi, Yiti Yao, Junyin Bai
    World premiere

    Return to Montauk
    Germany / France / Ireland
    By Volker Schlöndorff (The Tin Drum, Diplomatie)
    With Stellan Skarsgård, Nina Hoss, Susanne Wolff, Niels Arestrup
    World premiere

    T2 Trainspotting 
    United Kingdom
    By Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, The Beach, Slumdog Millionaire)
    With Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner
    International premiere – Out of competition

    Viceroy’s House
    India / United Kingdom
    By Gurinder Chadha (Bend it like Beckham, What’s Cooking)
    With Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi
    World premiere – Out of competition

    Wilde Maus (Wild Mouse)
    Austria
    By Josef Hader
    With Josef Hader, Pia Hierzegger, Georg Friedrich, Jörg Hartmann, Denis Moschitto 
    World premiere – First Feature

    Berlinale Special Gala at the Friedrichstadt-Palast

    Es war einmal in Deutschland… (Bye Bye Germany)
    Germany / Luxemburg / Belgium
    By Sam Garbarski (The Rashevski’s Tango, Irina Palm, Quartier Lointain)
    With Moritz Bleibtreu, Antje Traue, Mark Ivanir, Tim Seyfi, Hans Löw, Anatol Taubman, Pál Mácsai, Vaclav Jakoubek 
    World premiere

    Berlinale Special Gala at the Zoo Palast

    In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts (In Times of Fading Light)
    Germany
    By Matti Geschonneck (Boxhagener Platz, Das Zeugenhaus) 
    In collaboration with Wolfgang Kohlhaase
    With Bruno Ganz, Hildegard Schmahl, Sylvester Groth, Evgenia Dodina, Natalia Belitski, Alexander Fehling, Gabriela Maria Schmeide
    World premiere

    Berlinale Special at Kino International

    Masaryk (A Prominent Patient)
    Czech Republic / Slovakia
    By Julius Sevcík (Restart, Normal – The Düsseldorf Ripper)
    With Karel Roden, Hanns Zischler, Arly Jover, Oldrich Kaiser, Dermot Crowley, Milton Welsch, Eva Herzigová
    World premiere

    A further 13 films have thus been invited to screen in the Competition and Berlinale Special section at the 67th edition ofthe Berlin International Film Festival.

    In addition to the previously announced titles, productions from Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong – China, India, Ireland, Japan, Luxemburg, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom and the USA have now been added to the programme. Austrian actor Josef Hader will be presenting his directorial debut in the Berlinale Competition 2017.

    The complete program of the Competition and Berlinale Special will be announced soon.

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    Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe Reunite For “Nosferatu”

    Tuesday, December 24, 2024

    When Willem Dafoe enjoys working with a filmmaker, he'll often jump at the chance to do it again.

    The list of directors with whom the 69-year-old has worked with more than once is extensive, including Wes Anderson,Yorgos Lanthimos,Paul Schrader,Lars von Trier and, now for a third time, Robert Eggers. "If it's good, you come back," Dafoe said plainly.

    The pair spoke about Eggers' adaptation of "Nosferatu" that hits theaters Wednesday, some of the challenges they faced making "The Lighthouse" — their first project together released in 2019 — and the unique relationship that exists between actors and directors.

    The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

    Q: Willem, I read that you called Robert after you saw "The Witch." What did you say?

    DAFOE: I want to meet you and I want to know who this filmmaker is.

    Q: What is it about him that keeps bringing you back?

    DAFOE: Well, if it's good, you come back. When I saw "The Witch," I thought, "Wow, this is a film about a period that I'm not particularly knowledgeable about, but I enter it so easily. This is relevant. It's rooted. It's my story. I'm with these people."

    That's quite an incredible trick because a lot of period films, they're always pointing to themselves. They're always sending messages. They're always showing. This had a kind of energy and the kind of physicality and sensuality that I thought, "Who does this? I gotta see this guy." And then I had a wonderful experience in "The Lighthouse" and I played a part that was really fun in "The Northman." So, when he wants to do this passion project and offers me this beautiful role of Professor Von Franz, I say,... Read More

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