Tag: Hanns Zischler

Fatherland | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Every Mann for Themselves: Pawlikowski Remains Chilly with Cold War Permafrost Two iconoclastic German writers are locked in a spiritual duel for relevance at the...

Behind the Ruins: Sandra Hüller Drives Black Buick in Pawlikowski’s Post-War Odyssey ‘1949’

Paweł Pawlikowski's Fatherland has indeed moved into production - just now its being called 1949 and its got the weighty cast of Sandra Hüller,...

The Universal Theory (Die Theorie Von Allem) | Review

Multiverse of Sadness: Kroger Captivates with Cryptic Cold War Sci-Fi Exploit Although it will invariably be confused with the 2014 Stephen Hawking biopic, Timm Kröger’s...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #121. Nö – Dietrich Brüggemann

Nö German director Dietrich Brüggemann has commenced shooting his sixth feature Nö, produced by Martin Heisler and Gabriele Simon for Flare Film. Starring the director’s...

Criterion Collection: Wim Wenders’ The Road Trilogy | Blu-ray Review

For the first time ever, Wim Wenders’ famed Road Trilogy, a major cornerstone of the New German Wave, has at last been made available...

Stations of the Cross | DVD Review

Originally premiering at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival, where it won Best Screenplay and a Jury Prize, Dietrich Bruggemann’s Stations of the Cross is...

Stations of the Cross | Review

The Road to Hell: Brueggemann’s Apprehensive Examination of Blind Faith Premiering at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival, where it snagged the Ecumenical Jury Prize as...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #6. Olivier Assayas’ Clouds of Sils Maria

Clouds of Sils Maria Director: Olivier Assayas Writer: Olivier Assayas Producers: Karl Baumgartner, Charles Gillibert, Thanassis Karathanos, Jean-Louis Porchet, Gérard Ruey U.S. Distributor: IFC Films Cast: Juliette Binoche, Kristen...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.