The Middle AgesHemming and hawing for weeks while watching infection numbers surge this winter, weighing the likely pleasure of watching Claire Denis’s new film versus the possible infection that could result, I ultimately decided that the pandemic situation was too precarious to travel to the Berlin International Film Festival. My caution in not attending the Berlinale reflected a moment when every other email or video call I saw announced a friend, family member, or acquaintance was sick; meanwhile, the festival insisted that this edition’s press access, unlike January’s Rotterdam or Sundance festivals, required journalists to attend in-person. Such limitations makes it a challenge, particularly in large programs like Berlin’s, to explore the breadth of the selection, and unfortunately has the effect of diminishing attention towards smaller films and funneling coverage towards big-name and more commercially alluring premieres.Instead of traveling, I begged, borrowed, but did not...
- 2/20/2022
- MUBI
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