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Django Director: Etienne Comar Written by: Etienne Comar, Alexis Slako, adapted from Alexis Salatko’s novel “Folles de Django” Cast: Reda Kateb, Cécile de France, Bea Palya, Bimbam Merstein, Gabriel Mireté, Vincent Frade, Johnny Montreuil Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 12/30/17 Opens: January 5, 2018 Overlooked by most of the world, which believe that only Jews […]

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It appears there’s been a conscious effort to de-glamorise this year’s Berlin film festival, rid of the star wattage that recent opening-night films have brought (The Grand Budapest Hotel and last year’s Hail, Caesar! to name two). Instead, in light of the unremitting dread that seems to now pervade Western politics, program director Dieter Kosslick has chosen Django, a relatively low-key biopic of jazz artist Django Reinhart set in World War II to start proceedings. It’s a curious choice, but this drama about an artist who – at first – ignores the rise of far-right fascism in Europe (“who I play to is of no concern” Reinhardt argues) proves, by its close, an effective warning of the troubles of collaborationists and appeasers to society’s malignant forces. While it’s narratively unadventurous and its characters are undeveloped, this debut by French director Étienne Comar does have the ring of prescience,...