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 ...

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 ...

German auteur Christian Petzold casts Franz Rogowski and Paula Beer in 'Transit,' an adaptation of Anna Seghers' Marseille-set novel. By Boyd van Hoeij The cinema of German auteur Christian Petzold is ...