Here's where Terrence Malick's new movie 'Knight of Cups' will debut
New films from Terrence Malick and Peter Greenaway are among the first movies chosen to screen at the Berlin International Film Festival in February.
Festival organizers said Monday that Malick's "Knight聽of聽Cups," starring 海角大神 Bale, Cate Blanchett, and Natalie Portman, will have its world premiere in the event's competition. British director Greenaway will bring new movie "Eisenstein in Guanajuato" to the festival.
Other entries include a directorial debut from Jayro Bustamante of Guatemala, "Ixcanul Volcano," along with films from German director Andreas Dresen, "As We Were Dreaming," and Britain's Andrew Haigh, "45 Years."
The Berlin event, which runs Feb. 5-15, is the first of the year's major European film festivals. American director Darren Aronofsky will head the jury that chooses winners of its Golden Bear award and other honors.
Malick previously directed such films as the 2012 film "To the Wonder," the聽2011 film 鈥�The Tree of Life鈥� (which was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars and earned Malick a Best Director nod), and the 2005 film 鈥淭he New World.鈥� Malick was also nominated for a Best Director Oscar for his 1998 film 鈥淭he Thin Red Line鈥� as well as being nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for 鈥淟ine.鈥�
Monitor film critic Peter Rainer was not enamored with Malick鈥檚 most recent film, 鈥�Wonder,鈥� calling it 鈥渁n agglomeration of Malick鈥檚 worst stylistic annoyances 鈥� the highflown, hollow-sounding voiceovers; the religioso-philosophical incantations often uttered by people who look like they never cracked a book鈥� and awarding the movie a C-. However, he gave 鈥淭ree鈥� a B, writing that he would sum it up as 鈥溾�橶ow! Huh?鈥欌�� 鈥楾he Tree of Life鈥� never really grabbed hold of me as a work of聽emotional聽intelligence. It's a phenomenal artwork but, for all its solar flares, it's cold to the touch.鈥� He wrote positively of Malick's first film, "Badlands."
