Category Archives: Film Festivals
CALLING HEDY LAMARR Documentary
CALLING HEDY LAMARR (2004) Direction and Screenplay: Georg Misch Recommended with Reservations Hedy Lamarr Shot in digital format, Georg Misch’s entertaining documentary Calling Hedy Lamarr has the look of a well-crafted low-budget movie and the feel of a quirky independent film. That is hardly the sort of approach one would expect to find in a documentary about one of the most beautiful, most glamorous, and [...]
HALF NELSON Review – Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps Ryan Fleck
HALF NELSON (2006) Direction: Ryan Fleck Cast: Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Jeff Lima, Nathan Corbett, Tina Holmes Screenplay: Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden Oscar Movies Recommended Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson Although Ryan Fleck’s raw, edgy drama Half Nelson could use a little trimming, it is nevertheless a compelling drama rooted on Ryan Gosling’s mesmerizing performance as Dan Dunne, a crack-addicted, inner-city high-school history teacher [...]
SOPHIE SCHOLL: THE FINAL DAYS Review – Julia Jentsch Marc Rothemund
SOPHIE SCHOLL – DIE LETZTEN TAGE / SOPHIE SCHOLL: THE FINAL DAYS (2005) Direction: Marc Rothemund Cast: Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Gerald Alexander Held, Johanna Gastdorf, André Hennicke Screenplay: Fred Breinersdorfer Oscar Movies, European Film Award Movies Recommended Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Sophie Scholl: The Final Days Directed with clenched fists by Berlin Film Festival winner Marc Rothemund, who seems to have been at least [...]
YESTERDAY Review – Leleti Khumalo Darrell Roodt
YESTERDAY (2004) Direction and screenplay: Darrell Roodt Cast: Leleti Khumalo, Lihle Mvelase, Kenneth Kambule, Harriet Lehabe, Camilla Walker Oscar Movies Recommended with Reservations Leleti Khumalo, Lihle Mvelase, Yesterday To date, nowhere has the AIDS pandemic been felt more strongly than in Sub-Saharan Africa, home to approximately 10% of the world’s population and to about two-thirds of the planet’s 30-35 million AIDS cases. In the past [...]