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Top 11 of ’12 24 Feb 2013 | 02:47 am
Unlike the year before, 2012 were twelve spectacular months for cinema, especially for US American productions. Just a quick overview of those directors who released a film this past year reads like a...
Homage, revival or genre breaker? 23 Jan 2013 | 03:06 am
Django Unchained (Tarantino, 2012) This month’s edition of the BFI’s Sight & Sound magazine features the following quote by Sergio Leone: “Up to a certain time, westerns were more like children’s game...
A 21st Century ‘Citizen Kane’ 7 Jan 2013 | 02:59 am
The Master (Anderson, 2012) Ever since his feature film debut Hard Eight in 1996, Paul Thomas Anderson has seminally codetermined US-American cinema. But despite critically acclaimed films such as Boo...
Love and Death, according to Haneke 6 Dec 2012 | 09:09 pm
Amour (Haneke, 2012) After his astounding The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band), Michael Haneke is back to France, adding this time a new topic to his impressive cinematic opus: old age. His most recent ...
Tilda Swinton at her best in an outstanding character study 18 Nov 2012 | 11:50 pm
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Ramsey, 2011) When it was released about a year ago, the British-American production We Need to Talk About Kevin received little critical and commercial attention. To put ...
Meta-horror in dark places 11 Nov 2012 | 10:59 pm
A brief description of the synopsis of the two horror films this belated Halloween entry is going to be about makes one fear the worst. The House of the Devil is about Samantha … Continu...
Portrait of a Real Serial Killer 4 Nov 2012 | 02:32 am
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (McNaughton, 1986) Made with merely 100.000 $ in 1986, but released in 1990 only (and then still just in a heavily and unnecessarily censored version), John McNaught...
The Adventures of Steven Spielberg 31 Oct 2011 | 05:22 am
Let me begin this quick review on The Adventures of Tintin with an apology. Dear Steven Spielberg, I apologise to you. I apologise to you for having unterestimated you in the past years, and for havin...
Thoughts on the Oscars 27 Feb 2011 | 05:05 am
The history of the Oscars is a history of failures and omissions. The 83rd Edition this year will without a doubt add yet another moment to this long tradition. Just the fact that films like The Ghost...
Commitments in an Ivory Tower 19 Jan 2011 | 11:36 am
After Michael Moore already harshly blamed capitalism in his genuinely blunt way and Oliver Stone renewed his criticism of the system in the Wall Street-sequel, it was now French doyen Jean-Luc Godard...
