A 20-film retrospective in New York of the filmmaker Dario Argento’s work shows why he’s had audiences jumping out of their seats for nearly five decades.
political movies, documentaries, horror pictures, stories of romantic entanglements. my colleague emma jones has been taking a look at some of the offerings. both i and my friend, film critic kaleem aftab, attend the berlinale every year. he helped me pick out some of the better and most provoking films of the festival. one of the films, i guess, that caused quite a bit of stir is italian maestro dario argento, who has come back with another film, dark glasses. now, he s in his 80s now, still making movies. what did you make of it? well, we all love dario argento because he made suspiria and really, he s the father of modern italian horror. and what s good about this film is it s a throwback to them. what s bad about this film is it s a throwback to them. it s kind of misogynistic. it s about a call girl who is the subject of a serial killer and it goes in a direction that we ve seen before.
what did you make of it? well, we all love dario argento because he made suspiria and really, he s the father of modern italian horror. and what s good about this film is it s a throwback to them. what s bad about this film is it s a throwback to them. it s kind of misogynistic. it s about a call girl who is the subject of a serial killer and it goes in a direction that we ve seen before. berlin has always had a bit of a penchant for the political. it s the place, definitely, if you ve made a political movie, you d like to come to berlin and show it, and one this year, i suppose, is german director andreas dresen s film rabiye kurnaz vs george w bush. yeah, it s right what you say about berlin because two years ago, we had the mauritanian. i m notjust defending him, and defending the rule of law. and both this film and the mauritanian are about a guantanamo bay