Tag: Jonas Dornbach
Maria | Review
Songs from the Specious Floor: Larrain Imagines the Last Days of a Diva
A penny for the thoughts of Maria Callas regarding Pablo Larraín’s glossy...
Fourthcoming: Maren Ade Setting Up ‘Zauberwort’ for 2026 Shoot
Ulrike Ottinger came out of a long gestation period for The Blood Countess and now fellow female German filmmaker Maren Ade is in early...
Interview: Lisandro Alonso – Eureka
It would be the longest hap between films and certainly his most ambitious project to date (it was rumored to span all the continents...
Corsage | Review
Waist of Time: Sissi is no Sissy in Kreutzer’s Rebel Biopic
The foreboding restraints of an upper body female garment figuratively represent the repression and...
35th European Film Awards: A Cannes Comp rematch for Ali Abbasi, Lukas Dhont & Ruben Ôstlund
Three huge winners at this year's Cannes Film Festival lead the noms for the 35th European Film Awards. Lukas Dhont’s Close, Ali Abbasi’s Holy...
Ahed’s Knee | Review
Kneedful Things: Lapid Highlights Complex Conflicts in Indignant Screech
The entirety of Ahed’s Knee, the fourth film from Israel’s Nadav Lapid, is formatted to aggravate...
AEIOU – A Quick Alphabet of Love | 2022 Berlin International Film Festival Review
The Consonants of Love: Krebitz Gets Caught in an Odd Romance
“It all begins with A,” so begins the omniscient third-person narration of Anna, an...
Spencer | Review
In the Name of the Rose: Larrain Crafts Empathetic Portrait of an Icon in Anguish
The eternal impact of Diana, Princess of Wales, whose...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #5. Pablo Larraín’s Spencer
Spencer
Produced by Juan de Dios, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Paul Webster
Directed by Pablo Larraín
Written by Steven Knight
Starring: Kristen Stewart
Release Date/Prediction: Production begins in early...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #23. Ildikó Enyedi’s The Story of My Wife
The Story of My Wife
Produced by Monika Mécs, András Muhi, Erno Mésterhazy, Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Flaminio Zadra and Pilar Saavedra Perrotta.
Directed...
Lost in Translation: Lapid Languishes in Enigmatic, Complex Study on Cultural Identities with “Synonyms” | Blu-ray Review
Winning the Golden Bear at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival, Nadav Lapid’s third film Synonyms was one of the best theatrical releases of...
Exil | 2020 Sundance Film Festival Review
Fugee Fugue: Perceptions and Paranoia Make Bitter Bedfellows in Morina’s Drama
For anyone who’s ever experienced the phenomenon of ‘otherness,’ Visar Morina’s terrific sophomore film...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #5. The Story of My Wife – Ildikó Enyedi
The Story of My Wife
Produced by Monika Mécs, András Muhi, Erno Mésterhazy, Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Flaminio Zadra and Pilar Saavedra Perrotta.
Directed...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #148. Exil – Visar Morina
Exil
Kosovo’s Visar Morina embarks on another co-production (Kosovo/Germany/Belgium) for sophomore feature, Exil, a project produced by the high-profile trio of Janine Jackowski (we profiled...
Synonyms | Review
Lost in Translation: Lapid Languishes in Enigmatic, Complex Study on Cultural Identities
The rejection of self and the adoption of persona are prominent themes pouring...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #47. The Passenger – Corneliu Porumboiu
The Passenger
Another New Romanian Wave essential, Corneliu Porumboiu borrows a moniker from Antonioni for his fifth feature, The Passenger (previously known as Gomera). A...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #83. Roads – Sebastian Schipper
Roads
It’s been four years since German director Sebastian Schipper’s single take thriller Victoria (2015), but he’ll back in 2019 with his first English language...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #14. Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann
Director: Maren Ade
Writer: Maren Ade
Though many be unfamiliar with her work, which is a pity since both her previous films are available in...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #9. Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann
Director: Maren Ade
Writers: Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade
Producers: coop99's Bruno Wagner and HiFilm Productions' Ada Solomon
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Sandra Hüller, Peter...
