Susanne Lothar Articles

The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke's depiction of rural Germany on the eve of World War I — and how the cute (if dangerous) little children of that era grew into the Nazis and their followers of the 1930s and 1940s — received 13 nominations for the Lolas, the German version of the Academy Awards. In the Lolas' top categories, the 2010 Best Foreign Language Film [...]

The 2010 German Academy Award winners will be announced on April 23 in Berlin. Best film Everyone Else, dir. Maren Ade When We Leave, dir. Feo Aladag Soul Kitchen dir. Fatih Akin Storm dir. Hans-Christian Schmid The White Ribbon dir. Michael Haneke Desert Flower dir. Sherry Hormann Best documentary The Woman with the 5 Elephants dir. Vadim Jendreyko The Heart of Jenin dir. Marcus Vetter, [...]

Whether or not it gets a best picture Academy Award or BAFTA nomination, Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or-winning The White Ribbon may end up as the best-reviewed film of 2009. At least in the United Kingdom. "It is typical of Haneke, though, that he makes such strong suggestions so indirectly and purely through the sheer brilliant, precise power of his characterisations and superb conjuring up of [...]

German Film Academy Awards – Lola 2009 2009 German Film Academy Award nominations: March 13, 2009 2009 German Film Academy Award winners: Berlin, April 24, 2009 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   John Rabe, starring Ulrich Tukur.   Best film The Baader Meinhof Complex, director Uli Edel Chiko, director Ozgur Yildirim A Year Ago in Winter, director Caroline Link Jerichow, director Christian Petzold [...]