Although Seattle quartet Alice in Chains are regularly associated with the grunge movement of the ‘90s, they are also, somewhat arguably, a metal band. In fact, original vocalist Layne Staley was a drummer-turned-singer who first gained frontman ...

Screening out of competition in the Berlinale Special section, Ishii Gakuryu’s “The Box Man” had a long and difficult gestation. Based on a 1973 novel by Abe Kobo, this film about a man who wears a cardboard box as a mobile carapace started as a ...