Sophie Scholl: The Final Days with Julia Jentsch and Fabian Hinrichs. Directed with clenched fists by Berlin Film Festival winner Marc Rothemund, who seems to have been at least partly…
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The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke. Six films are vying for the top prize at the 2009 European Film Awards. They are: Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, about a teenager (best…
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Monica Bleibtreu in Four Minutes with Hannah Herzsprung. Monica Bleibtreu, a respected stage, film, and television actress, and mother of Moritz Bleibtreu, died at age 65 on May 14 in…
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Isabella Leong and Rainie Yang as lesbian lovers in Spider Lilies. The Speed of Life wins first Queer Lion: Early Venice Film Festival winners The Venice Film Festival’s first Queer…
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British Academy: Corruption and Racism + Doomed Gay Love and Jane Austen top BAFTA nominations as things get mighty serious this awards season.
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Valley of the Wolves - Iraq. “It is rabidly anti-American, and it is the biggest draw in town.” That’s the headline of Sarah Rainsford’s BBC article on the Turkish blockbuster…
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Hidden movie + James Bond actor Sean Connery and David Lean composer Maurice Jarre: Michael Haneke political thriller tops European Film Awards winners.
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Incest movie Don’t Tell with Giovanna Mezzogiorno. Incest movie ‘Don’t Tell’ is Italian Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award replacement Cristina Comencini’s incest-themed movie La Bestia nel cuore / Don’t…
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A Carmen-inspired South African ‘dance movie,’ German anti-Nazi fighters and a Taiwanese watermelon sex tale are Berlin’s top Golden Bear winners.
Berlin Film Festival: Nazi era and Cold War Flops + handjob expert Marianne Faithfull and inspirational (but debatable) Nelson Mandela tale.
AFI FEST showcases Heath Ledger in Casanova: Chaos in Hollywood area. AFI FEST: ‘Casanova’ movie chaos The worst thing I can say about the 2005 edition of the AFI Los…