The Film Stage

Christian Petzold Finds Next Project in ‘Transit’

The write-up on Cineuropa is brief, but the actual occasion is of major note: Christian Petzold, one of Germany’s great contemporary filmmakers, will follow Phoenix, one of last year’s best films, ...
The Globe and Mail

Review: Christian Petzold’s masterful Transit finds wartime horror in contemporary Europe

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 ...
The Film Stage

Christian Petzold on ‘Transit,’ the Refugee Crisis, ‘The Sopranos,’ and Cinematic Rules

Barbara and Phoenix director Christian Petzold returned to Berlinale this year with Transit, without regular muse Nina Hoss for the first time since 2005’s Ghosts. Rather, the drama centers on Georg ...
Screen International

Christian Petzold’s 'Transit' lands at Music Box

Music Box Film has acquired US rights to Christian Petzold’s immigrant drama Transit ahead of its North American premiere in Toronto in September. Rising star Franz Rogowski appears opposite Paula ...
National Post

With the wonderful Transit, Christian Petzold loosens his grip

Calum Marsh: Transit is the first Petzold film since 2008’s Jerichow productively free of this compulsive perfectionism We independently select everything we recommend. Buying through us may earn us a ...