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Watch: Berlin’s Iconic Cinema ‘Kino International’ Celebrates 60 Years

One of the most iconic movie theaters in middle of the city of Berlin, Germany is the Kino International. This classic one-screen movie palace is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. The cinema was originally built and opened in 1963, the gem of East Germany's DDR (German Democratic Republic) when the country was still split. It's located on Karl-Marx-Allee (see Google Maps) in Mitte, a few blocks from Alexanderplatz. In addition to hosting a special 60 years celebration, Yorck (the chain that now owns & operates the cinema) is hosting screenings over the next few months of classic films that premiered there. Kino International will also be closing in February 2024 (after the next Berlin Film Festival which shows films there) for a two year renovation and update. This is why they're bringing attention to this beautiful cinema venue right now, as it will only be open for a little while longer before it shuts down for a good while for a complete refurbishment. I've been to this cinema in Berlin many times to watch films since moving to the city, ...
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Review: Radu Jude’s ‘Do Not Expect Too Much of the End of the World’

There's a new film from Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude playing on the film festival circuit this year. It's called Do Not Expect Too Much of the End of the World, which is an apt title for another film from Jude showing how mindless & idiotic humans have become, all the while everyone is going around ignoring what's really happening because they have a job to do and a life to live. After earning high praise from critics during its premiere at the 2023 Locarno Film Festival, I was lucky to catch up with Jude's Do Not Expect Too Much of the End of the World at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (aka PÖFF) a few months later. Based on all the hyperbolic buzz out of Locarno, I was expecting something close to masterpiece alas it's far from that. Radu Jude certainly is a master filmmaker creating provocative, subversive, clever films about how depraved society is – but this one is a mess. There's a handful of good ideas in here, but the opening & closing segments are so disconnected ...