Take “Casablanca,” remove all the fun parts, and set it in the present day. It’s not such an odd idea. In Christian Petzold’s “Transit,” it feels eerily natural, and that’s both horrifying and ...

Christian Petzold's film updates a classic tale of wartime secrecy to draw eerie historical parallels. Simultaneously breezy and brutal, Transit is elusive neo-noir, a tale of lost hearts and minds.

For some reason, the directors of live performances of classic plays or operas are allowed the freedom to stage their works outside of their stated time period – we don't blanch when a Shakespeare ...

Both entertaining and political, Christian Petzold’s Transit is a film that cleverly trades on familiarity. Its story of desperate emigrés seeking transit passes out of occupied territory will ring ...

German director Christian Petzold's latest work is adapted from a WWII novel – but the refugee story is set in a timeless context. The cinematic experiment brings the past into dialogue with the ...

In Christian Petzold’s superbly deft drama, a fugitive steals someone else’s identity with deeply disturbing results Christian Petzold is the film-maker renowned as a modern master of suspense and a ...

Hannah Espia makes an impressive debut with this gracefully directed, inventively edited look at the plight of Filipino immigrant workers in Israel. Though dealing specifically with laws affecting ...