"I won't let anything happen to you. I promise." Greenwich Ent. has posted the US trailer for The Fox, also known as Der Fuchs in German, an Austrian WWII film telling a true story. At the dawn of World War II in Austria, a young soldier encounters a wounded fox cub and takes it with him to occupied France. He clings to it as the last vestige of his humanity amidst the carnage of war. The story of an unlikely friendship. Based on the true story of Franz Streitberger, director Adrian Goiginger's great-grandfather. This premiered at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival back in 2022, and is only now getting a VOD release in the US to watch. The Fox stars Simon Morzé as Franz Streitberger, with Adriane Gradziel, Marko Kerezovic, Karl Markovics, Alexander Beyer, and Karola Niederhuber. Thankfully this doesn't look as cheesy as so many other WWII films recently,...
- 2/23/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Heard early in Mary Harron’s new film, “Dalíland” refers to the entourage that surrounds legendary painter Salvador Dalí (Ben Kingsley) as he lives a life of sedentary comfort at New York’s St. Regis Hotel in the early 1970s. His best days as an artist behind him, Dalí himself is now the art, a series of poses and provocations that have attracted a small coterie of mostly aloof models, wannabe artists, and socialites, even a young Alice Cooper (Mark McKenna), who always looks vaguely put out to be one of the least outré people in this retinue.
Into this realm comes James (Christopher Briney), who works for the gallery that’s currently representing Dalí and awaiting new artwork to exhibit and sell. James sticks out like a sore thumb among these bohemians, his sheltered prudishness leaving him additionally prone to the lascivious attentions of both Dalí, who likens James...
Into this realm comes James (Christopher Briney), who works for the gallery that’s currently representing Dalí and awaiting new artwork to exhibit and sell. James sticks out like a sore thumb among these bohemians, his sheltered prudishness leaving him additionally prone to the lascivious attentions of both Dalí, who likens James...
- 6/4/2023
- by Jake Cole
- Slant Magazine
"You just make sure the murderers eat well." Cohen Media Group has revealed another official US trailer for the German WWII drama Persian Lessons, made by Ukrainian filmmaker Vadim Perelman. This first premiered back in 2020 just before the pandemic at the Berlin Film Festival, before getting lost in all the shutdowns. It played at various fests over the next few years, and opened in Germany in late 2020 already. The US release has finally been set - over three years later - for this June in select theaters. Gilles (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) is arrested by Nazis alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but Gilles gets assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to the Head of Camp Koch. Through an ingenious trick, he manages to survive...
- 5/23/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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A portrait of art-world celebrity indulgence as seen by a youngster who still has some illusions to shatter, Mary Harron’s Dalíland revolves around the titular Surrealist, played with restraint and dignity by Ben Kingsley, while gently nudging the spotlight in the direction of his complicated wife/muse Gala, a role in which Barbara Sukowa more than earns the movie’s attention. Much talk around the premiere will concern scandal-plagued costar Ezra Miller, who briefly plays the artist as a young man; but that bit of casting proves very apt, and the movie deserves to be judged — as enjoyable and enlightening, if pretty familiar in its storytelling — apart from that particular tabloid saga.
Public life was nearly as inextricable from Salvador Dalí’s art as from Andy Warhol’s (an earlier subject of Harron’s, in 1996’s I Shot Andy Warhol), so it...
A portrait of art-world celebrity indulgence as seen by a youngster who still has some illusions to shatter, Mary Harron’s Dalíland revolves around the titular Surrealist, played with restraint and dignity by Ben Kingsley, while gently nudging the spotlight in the direction of his complicated wife/muse Gala, a role in which Barbara Sukowa more than earns the movie’s attention. Much talk around the premiere will concern scandal-plagued costar Ezra Miller, who briefly plays the artist as a young man; but that bit of casting proves very apt, and the movie deserves to be judged — as enjoyable and enlightening, if pretty familiar in its storytelling — apart from that particular tabloid saga.
Public life was nearly as inextricable from Salvador Dalí’s art as from Andy Warhol’s (an earlier subject of Harron’s, in 1996’s I Shot Andy Warhol), so it...
- 9/18/2022
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As they say here north of the border: Time to drop the puck on the 2022 Toronto Film Festival.
The weather is beautiful, and they’ve cordoned off King Street from the Lightbox to Roy Thomson Hall. People are getting their bearings, most not wearing masks in the open air. This is a sight better than last year, when the cable cars were not rerouted from King Street because so few came for the festivities. Not surprisingly, not a single major deal happened on the ground as the festivals and specialty theatrical business were still feeling the fallout from Covid.
Toronto Film Festival: Deadline’s Complete Coverage
Will this year be any better? Some believe it certainly can’t get worse. Buyers and sellers expect the pace to be on the slow side, with some possible exceptions. I hear that the hot title is one that isn’t officially on the for-sale lists,...
The weather is beautiful, and they’ve cordoned off King Street from the Lightbox to Roy Thomson Hall. People are getting their bearings, most not wearing masks in the open air. This is a sight better than last year, when the cable cars were not rerouted from King Street because so few came for the festivities. Not surprisingly, not a single major deal happened on the ground as the festivals and specialty theatrical business were still feeling the fallout from Covid.
Toronto Film Festival: Deadline’s Complete Coverage
Will this year be any better? Some believe it certainly can’t get worse. Buyers and sellers expect the pace to be on the slow side, with some possible exceptions. I hear that the hot title is one that isn’t officially on the for-sale lists,...
- 9/8/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Flash” is not the only upcoming movie starring Ezra Miller that is being forced to contend with the actor’s recent controversies. The upcoming Toronto International Film Festival will close with the premiere of Mary Harron’s “Dalíland,” which features Miller in a small supporting role as a young Salvador Dalí. Ben Kingsley stars in the film more prominently as an older Dalí. Harron confirmed to Vanity Fair that Miller is not being cut out of the film.
“The film was completely finished and wrapped,” Harron said. “It might have been different, especially if we were shooting, if there had been bad behavior during that. But this all happened after the film was not only filmed, but edited and mixed and done. I also felt like everybody shot all those things in good faith. Nothing bad happened during our filming, and the film is the film.”
Harron continued, “I...
“The film was completely finished and wrapped,” Harron said. “It might have been different, especially if we were shooting, if there had been bad behavior during that. But this all happened after the film was not only filmed, but edited and mixed and done. I also felt like everybody shot all those things in good faith. Nothing bad happened during our filming, and the film is the film.”
Harron continued, “I...
- 8/31/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
“Dalíland,” a biopic about the life of artist Salvador Dalí that stars Ben Kingsley, will be the closing night film of next month’s Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF announced on Tuesday.
Mary Harron directs the film that will make its premiere on Sept. 17 at Roy Thompson Hall.
“Dalíland” tells the story of the later years of the strange and fascinating marriage between the genius Salvador Dalí and his wife, Gala, as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to stress and fracture. Set in New York and Spain in 1973, the story is told through the eyes of James, a young assistant keen to make his name in the art world, who helps the eccentric and mercurial Dalí prepare for a big gallery show.
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Mary Harron directs the film that will make its premiere on Sept. 17 at Roy Thompson Hall.
“Dalíland” tells the story of the later years of the strange and fascinating marriage between the genius Salvador Dalí and his wife, Gala, as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to stress and fracture. Set in New York and Spain in 1973, the story is told through the eyes of James, a young assistant keen to make his name in the art world, who helps the eccentric and mercurial Dalí prepare for a big gallery show.
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- 8/9/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The 47th Toronto Film Festival on Tuesday selected the Mary Harron-directed Dalíland as its closing-night movie. The pic stars Ben Kingsley as the older Salvador Dalí and Ezra Miller as the younger Dalí. However, the TIFF press release left Miller’s name off the cast credits.
It’s been public knowledge that Miller is in the film. The Flash star this week was charged with felony burglary in Vermont in addition to several other run-ins with the law this year. Deadline learned this morning that Miller has not been cut out of Dalíland.
In a 2021 Cannes Market interview with Deadline, Harron told us: “We started looking at Dalí in the 1970s, the older Dalí, with flashbacks to the younger Dalí, which are rendered like an old movie. That format really excited me. Ezra had like three days between finishing Fantastic Beasts and starting The Flash, and insisted on coming and doing our film.
It’s been public knowledge that Miller is in the film. The Flash star this week was charged with felony burglary in Vermont in addition to several other run-ins with the law this year. Deadline learned this morning that Miller has not been cut out of Dalíland.
In a 2021 Cannes Market interview with Deadline, Harron told us: “We started looking at Dalí in the 1970s, the older Dalí, with flashbacks to the younger Dalí, which are rendered like an old movie. That format really excited me. Ezra had like three days between finishing Fantastic Beasts and starting The Flash, and insisted on coming and doing our film.
- 8/9/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Director Mary Harron’s “Dalíland,” a movie about influential surrealist artist Salvador Dalí, will have its world premiere as the closing night film for the 47th Toronto International Film Festival.
The movie will debut on Saturday, Sept. 17 at Roy Thomson Hall.
Ben Kingsley is playing Salvador Dalí in “Dalíland,” which tells the story of his strange and fascinating marriage with his wife Gala as their seemingly unshakeable bond begins to crack. Set in New York and Spain in 1973, the tale is told through the eyes of James, a young assistant trying to make a name for himself in the art world, who helps the eccentric and mercurial Dalí prepare for a big gallery show.
“We’re excited to premiere Mary Harron’s ‘Dalíland’ as this year’s closing night film,” said Cameron Bailey, CEO of TIFF. “We couldn’t be prouder that Harron is a Canadian who has taken her...
The movie will debut on Saturday, Sept. 17 at Roy Thomson Hall.
Ben Kingsley is playing Salvador Dalí in “Dalíland,” which tells the story of his strange and fascinating marriage with his wife Gala as their seemingly unshakeable bond begins to crack. Set in New York and Spain in 1973, the tale is told through the eyes of James, a young assistant trying to make a name for himself in the art world, who helps the eccentric and mercurial Dalí prepare for a big gallery show.
“We’re excited to premiere Mary Harron’s ‘Dalíland’ as this year’s closing night film,” said Cameron Bailey, CEO of TIFF. “We couldn’t be prouder that Harron is a Canadian who has taken her...
- 8/9/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
The Toronto International Film Festival has announced that “Dalíland,” Mary Harron’s latest film that stars Sir Ben Kingsley as Salvador Dalí, will close out the festival on Saturday, September 17.
“We’re excited to premiere Mary Harron’s ‘Dalíland’ as this year’s Closing Night film,” said TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey. “We couldn’t be prouder that Harron is a Canadian who has taken her singular explorations of iconic eccentrics to the world stage. In portraying the wild relationship between Salvador Dalí and his partner, Gala, Harron continues to keep moviegoing interesting and engaging.”
The film follows the legendary surrealist painter and “Un Chien Andalou” director in the later years of his career, examining the unique power dynamics in his marriage to his wife, Gala Dalí. The story is told through the eyes of an ambitious young assistant, James, who is tasked with helping the aging painter prepare for a...
“We’re excited to premiere Mary Harron’s ‘Dalíland’ as this year’s Closing Night film,” said TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey. “We couldn’t be prouder that Harron is a Canadian who has taken her singular explorations of iconic eccentrics to the world stage. In portraying the wild relationship between Salvador Dalí and his partner, Gala, Harron continues to keep moviegoing interesting and engaging.”
The film follows the legendary surrealist painter and “Un Chien Andalou” director in the later years of his career, examining the unique power dynamics in his marriage to his wife, Gala Dalí. The story is told through the eyes of an ambitious young assistant, James, who is tasked with helping the aging painter prepare for a...
- 8/9/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Mary Harron’s biopic stars Ben Kingsley as Salvador Dali.
The world premiere of Mary Harron’s Dalíland starring Ben Kingsley as celebrated surrealist painter Salvador Dali will close the 47th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 17 at Roy Thomson Hall.
Dalíland recounts the latter years of Dali’s marriage to Gala, played by Barbara Sukowa, as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to crack. Set in New York and Spain in 1973, the story is told through the eyes of a young assistant, played by Christopher Briney, who helps the eccentric artist prepare for a big show.
“We’re excited...
The world premiere of Mary Harron’s Dalíland starring Ben Kingsley as celebrated surrealist painter Salvador Dali will close the 47th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 17 at Roy Thomson Hall.
Dalíland recounts the latter years of Dali’s marriage to Gala, played by Barbara Sukowa, as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to crack. Set in New York and Spain in 1973, the story is told through the eyes of a young assistant, played by Christopher Briney, who helps the eccentric artist prepare for a big show.
“We’re excited...
- 8/9/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
"You would die with that nameless horde?" "They're only nameless, because you don't know their names." Memento Films has released an official trailer for Persian Lessons (feat. English subtitles), a German-Russian WWII thriller from filmmaker Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog). This premiered at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year. Gilles (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but Gilles gets assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch. Through an ingenious trick, he manages to survive by inventing words of "Farsi" every day and teaching them to Koch. A harrowing story of survival during the Holocaust. The cast features Lars Eidinger as Koch, Jonas Nay, David Schütter, Alexander Beyer, Andreas Hofer,...
- 10/13/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Berlin Film Festival has added special screenings for Vadim Perelman’s Persian Lessons with Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Lars Eidinger, and Anne Fontaine’s Police, starring Omar Sy and Virginie Efira. Both are world premieres.
The former, set in Occupied France in 1942, follows a man who is arrested by the SS alongside other Jews and sent to a concentration camp in Germany. Police focuses on three Parisian police officers charged with driving a stranger back to the border. Scroll down for more details.
There will also be a special screening of Jerry Lewis’s 1963 movie The Nutty Professor. Previously announced special screenings include Johnny Depp starrer Minamata and Roberto Benigni-voiced Pinocchio.
The festival has also revealed movies in the Berlinale Classics lineup, including Fellini’s Il bidone (The Swindle), and two of the earliest narrative films about the Holocaust, Ostatni Etap (The Last Stage) and Daleká Cesta (Distant...
The former, set in Occupied France in 1942, follows a man who is arrested by the SS alongside other Jews and sent to a concentration camp in Germany. Police focuses on three Parisian police officers charged with driving a stranger back to the border. Scroll down for more details.
There will also be a special screening of Jerry Lewis’s 1963 movie The Nutty Professor. Previously announced special screenings include Johnny Depp starrer Minamata and Roberto Benigni-voiced Pinocchio.
The festival has also revealed movies in the Berlinale Classics lineup, including Fellini’s Il bidone (The Swindle), and two of the earliest narrative films about the Holocaust, Ostatni Etap (The Last Stage) and Daleká Cesta (Distant...
- 1/23/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Lars Eidinger, Nahuel Perez Biscayart lead the cast.
Clouds Of Sils Maria actor Lars Eidinger and Bpm (Beats Per Minute) actor Nahuel Perez Biscayart lead the cast of Persian Lessons, which Memento Films is launching at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
The film is from director Vadim Perelman, whose credits include House Of Sand And Fog, which was nominated for three Oscars in 2004, and The Life Before Her Eyes, which was at Toronto in 2007. Set during the Second World War, the story follows a Jewish man who avoids being sent to a concentration camp by claiming to be Persian.
Clouds Of Sils Maria actor Lars Eidinger and Bpm (Beats Per Minute) actor Nahuel Perez Biscayart lead the cast of Persian Lessons, which Memento Films is launching at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
The film is from director Vadim Perelman, whose credits include House Of Sand And Fog, which was nominated for three Oscars in 2004, and The Life Before Her Eyes, which was at Toronto in 2007. Set during the Second World War, the story follows a Jewish man who avoids being sent to a concentration camp by claiming to be Persian.
- 2/7/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Lars Eidinger, Nahuel Perez Biscayart lead the cast.
Clouds Of Sils Maria actor Lars Eidinger and Bpm (Beats Per Minute) actor Nahuel Perez Biscayart lead the cast of Persian Lessons, which Memento Films is launching at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
The film is from director Vadim Perelman, whose credits include House Of Sand And Fog, which was nominated for three Oscars in 2004, and The Life Before Her Eyes, which was at Toronto in 2007. Set during the second world war, the story follows a Jewish man who avoids being sent to a concentration camp by claiming to be Persian.
Clouds Of Sils Maria actor Lars Eidinger and Bpm (Beats Per Minute) actor Nahuel Perez Biscayart lead the cast of Persian Lessons, which Memento Films is launching at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
The film is from director Vadim Perelman, whose credits include House Of Sand And Fog, which was nominated for three Oscars in 2004, and The Life Before Her Eyes, which was at Toronto in 2007. Set during the second world war, the story follows a Jewish man who avoids being sent to a concentration camp by claiming to be Persian.
- 2/7/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Among the fantastic line-up of the 26th Raindance Film Festival is the exciting German thriller "Luna's Revenge" which premiered last night at the Vue Cinema in London's West End. In attendance were Lisa Vicari who plays the title role Luna and Branko Tomovic who stars as the dangerous and scary undercover agent Victor. "Luna's Revenge", directed by Khaled Kaissar, also features Bibiana Beglau (The Legend of Rita), Rainer Bock (The White Ribbon), Benjamin Sadler (Luther), Carlo Ljubek (The Wilhelm Tell Legend), Annika Blendl (Rabbit Without Ears), Alexander Beyer (Deutschland 86) and Genija Rykova (Tatort). The German premiere was last year at the Munich Film Festival. The film tells the story of Luna, who is spending her summer...
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- 10/4/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Among the fantastic line-up of the 26th Raindance Film Festival is the exciting German thriller "Luna's Revenge". We caught up for a chat with Branko Tomovic who stars as the dangerous and scary undercover agent Victor. "Luna's Revenge", directed by Khaled Kaissar, also features Bibiana Beglau (The Legend of Rita), Rainer Bock (The White Ribbon), Benjamin Sadler (Luther), Carlo Ljubek (The Wilhelm Tell Legend), Annika Blendl (Rabbit Without Ears), Alexander Beyer (Deutschland 86), Genija Rykova (Tatort) and Lisa Vicari (Dark) in the title role. The film tells the story of Luna, who is spending her summer vacation in an idyllic mountain chalet with her family, when their holiday harmony suddenly becomes a nightmare: Foreign men take...
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- 9/26/2018
- Screen Anarchy
A first trailer just dropped for Khaled Kaissar's directorial debut "Luna's Revenge" which recently premiered at the Film Fest Munich. Featuring many German stars such as Bibiana Beglau, Benjamin Sadler, Branko Tomovic, Rainer Bock, Annika Blendl, Alexander Beyer, Genija Rykova and Lisa Vicari in the title role, this certainly looks very promising. Luna, a smart, self-possessed and carefree 17-year-old, is spending her summer vacation in an idyllic mountain chalet with her family, when their holiday harmony suddenly becomes a nightmare: Foreign men take the family hostage and kill her parents and little sister. Luna only barely manages to escape, chased by the killers. Soon she has to find out they all were living a lie: Her dad was a Russian secret agent, their wholesome family...
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- 10/14/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Kayti Burt Oct 25, 2018
Everything you need to know about Deutschland 86, the sequel series to Sundance TV's German spy thriller Deutschland 83...
If you've yet to watch Deutschland 83, the Peabody Award-winning German TV series about an East German 24-year-old kid who gets sent to West Germany in 1983 as a spy, then you need to stop what you are doing right now and check it out on Hulu where all eight episodes are currently available. The historial thriller is one part The Americans, one part Atomic Blonde, and all parts awesome.
Now is the perfect time to catch up, as well, given that Sundance TV, who co-produces the series with Rtl Television, has a 10-episode sequel series, called Deutschland 86, premiering tonight. The second season of the spy drama filmed in South Africa and Berlin last year. As you might expect from the title, Deutschland 86 will pick up three years...
Everything you need to know about Deutschland 86, the sequel series to Sundance TV's German spy thriller Deutschland 83...
If you've yet to watch Deutschland 83, the Peabody Award-winning German TV series about an East German 24-year-old kid who gets sent to West Germany in 1983 as a spy, then you need to stop what you are doing right now and check it out on Hulu where all eight episodes are currently available. The historial thriller is one part The Americans, one part Atomic Blonde, and all parts awesome.
Now is the perfect time to catch up, as well, given that Sundance TV, who co-produces the series with Rtl Television, has a 10-episode sequel series, called Deutschland 86, premiering tonight. The second season of the spy drama filmed in South Africa and Berlin last year. As you might expect from the title, Deutschland 86 will pick up three years...
- 9/14/2017
- Den of Geek
As expected back in August, the Deutschland83 TV show has been renewed for a second season on SundanceTV, with the new title, Deutschland86. The Cold War spy thriller from creators Anna Winger and Joerg Winger will return to East and West Germany, but as the new name suggests, it will make a time jump to 1986. Should the Deutschland TV series be renewed for a third season, expect it to return as Deutschland89.Deutschland follows Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay), a 20-something East German native who is embedded in the West German military, to gather Nato military secrets. The cast also includes Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth, Sonja Gerhardt, Ludwig Trepte, Alexander Beyer, and Lisa Tomaschewsky.Read More…...
- 10/14/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Amazon Prime Video Germany is reportedly poised to pick up the second season of the German-language Deutschland 83 TV series drama which runs on SundanceTV in the Us. The second season is set in 1986, and this is entitled Deutschland 86.Described as a Cold War era "coming of age spy thriller," Deutschland 83 follows Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay), an East German native who, in his mid-twenties, is embedded in the West German military, to gather Nato military secrets. The cast also includes Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth, Sonja Gerhardt, Ludwig Trepte, Alexander Beyer, and Lisa Tomaschewsky.Read More…...
- 8/23/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Premiering its first two episodes at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival, the eight episode Cold War television mini-series “Deutschland 83” went on to become the first German series to be broadcast on American television in its native language. A Sundance TV original series (co-produced by Rtl Television), it stands as one of the more notable moments in television from 2015, an example of a growing international industry with increased cross-over potential. Created by husband and wife duo Anna Winger, an American novelist, and Joerg Winger, a German television producer, the series reflects not only period tensions but is constructed in a familiar format that’s earned it comparisons to the acclaimed Us series “The Americans.” Imbued with a delectable early 80s soundtrack, East meets West with vintage flair, an antidote to the curiously hampered mechanics of Steven Spielberg’s recent theatrical release, Bridge of Spies, which documents the birth of the infamous...
- 10/20/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
How did this sneak by? It's a combo escapist spy story, engrossing soap opera, and historically accurate Cold War flashback to the time of Duran Duran and Blondie, produced in Germany with a great cast of young and/or unfamiliar actors. Sure, the expected unlikelihoods are there, but so is an essential authenticity. Great fun! Deutschland 83 DVD (Season 1) Kino Lorber 2015 / Color / 1:78 enhanced widescreen / 336 min. / Street Date September 29, 2015 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 Starring Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Sonja Gerhardt, Ulrich Noethen, Ludwig Trepte, Sylvester Groth, Alexander Beyer, Nikola Kastner, Errol Trotman Harewood, Godehard Giese. Cinematography Philipp Haberlandt, Frank Küpper Music Reinhold Heil Written by Anna Winger Produced by Joerg Winger, Nico Hoffman, Henriette Lippold Small>Directed by Edward Berger, Samira Radsi
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
This is something extraordinary, an exciting TV serial about the misadventures of an East German spy during the Cold War's '80s high point,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
This is something extraordinary, an exciting TV serial about the misadventures of an East German spy during the Cold War's '80s high point,...
- 9/15/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Deutschland 83, Season 1, Episode 7, “Bold Guard”
Written by Georg Hartmann and Anna Winger
Directed by Samira Radsi
Airs Wednesdays at 11pm (Et) on SundanceTV
Shall we play a game?
The year that War Games hit theaters, 1983, was also the year that the world came the closest it had to nuclear war since the Cuban Missile Crisis. While that film depended on a computer to figure out the concept of mutually assured destruction, Deutschland 83‘s penultimate episode of the season, “Bold Guard,” places that burden squarely on Martin’s young shoulders. Of course, a computer simply analyzes a situation based on hard data and spits out a conclusion. In War Games, the data told the computer, called Joshua, that the only winning move is not to play in the first place. Unfortunately for Martin, he is dealing with humans, and unlike computers, humans are rarely motivated by data alone.
“Bold...
Written by Georg Hartmann and Anna Winger
Directed by Samira Radsi
Airs Wednesdays at 11pm (Et) on SundanceTV
Shall we play a game?
The year that War Games hit theaters, 1983, was also the year that the world came the closest it had to nuclear war since the Cuban Missile Crisis. While that film depended on a computer to figure out the concept of mutually assured destruction, Deutschland 83‘s penultimate episode of the season, “Bold Guard,” places that burden squarely on Martin’s young shoulders. Of course, a computer simply analyzes a situation based on hard data and spits out a conclusion. In War Games, the data told the computer, called Joshua, that the only winning move is not to play in the first place. Unfortunately for Martin, he is dealing with humans, and unlike computers, humans are rarely motivated by data alone.
“Bold...
- 7/30/2015
- by A.R. Wilson
- SoundOnSight
Deutschland 83, Season 1, Episode 3, “Atlantic Lion”
Written by Anna Winger
Directed by Edward Berger
Airs Wednesdays at 11pm (Et) and SundanceTV
Throughout its first two episodes, Deutschland 83 introduced its characters, plots, and politics with such blithe adventure and fun that it was easy to miss that all the pieces were being placed on the chess board. But “Atlantic Lion” pulls back to reveal the board and starts to slowly circle the pieces around each other, letting the show’s interweaving character dramas finally begin to percolate and providing a glimpse of where this may all be headed.
Fresh off of Martin’s successful pilfering of a Nato official’s floppy disc in “Brave Guy,” he is sent off with General Edel to a Nato conference in Brussels. The dynamic between Edel and Martin really works. Edel faces tremendous job stress, has a strained marriage, and feels his children, both of whom have pacifist tendencies,...
Written by Anna Winger
Directed by Edward Berger
Airs Wednesdays at 11pm (Et) and SundanceTV
Throughout its first two episodes, Deutschland 83 introduced its characters, plots, and politics with such blithe adventure and fun that it was easy to miss that all the pieces were being placed on the chess board. But “Atlantic Lion” pulls back to reveal the board and starts to slowly circle the pieces around each other, letting the show’s interweaving character dramas finally begin to percolate and providing a glimpse of where this may all be headed.
Fresh off of Martin’s successful pilfering of a Nato official’s floppy disc in “Brave Guy,” he is sent off with General Edel to a Nato conference in Brussels. The dynamic between Edel and Martin really works. Edel faces tremendous job stress, has a strained marriage, and feels his children, both of whom have pacifist tendencies,...
- 7/3/2015
- by A.R. Wilson
- SoundOnSight
WikiLeaks movie ‘The Fifth Estate’: Bradley Manning episode ‘the best part of the film’ (photo: Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange in ‘The Fifth Estate’) (See previous post: “‘The Fifth Estate’ Movie Review Pt.1: ‘Tasty’ But ‘Opaque’ Take on Julian Assange.”) The Fifth Estate begins and eventually circles back to the Bradley Manning episode, in which the now-incarcerated Army private handed almost 450,000 U.S. military documents to WikiLeaks. This section is, by a far sight, the best part of the film. It slows down to consider the stakes and let interpersonal conflicts simmer and boil. Here, Daniel’s growing sense of apostasy towards the imperious Assange mixes with traditional media (represented by David Thewlis, as The Guardian reporter Nick Davies) deciding whether to cross the Rubicon and get into bed with someone so arrogantly deficient in journalistic ethics. Out of self-preservation, the old-school Guardian partnered with the internet provocateur and got what it deserved.
- 10/3/2013
- by Mark Keizer
- Alt Film Guide
Olivier Assayas‘ Carlos will screen at this year’s Festival de Cannes! But, this movie wasn’t on the initial list of named films, and is not included In Competition!
Instead, it will be screened Out of Competition, due to the fact it is reportedly set to play on French cable network Canal+ and the Cannes committee didn’t want what appears to be a “TV movie” screening In Competition.
Interesting story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the Opec headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.
If you prefer the official Carlos synopsis part, than check this out: “His name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, but everybody calls him Carlos. For two decades, he was the most wanted terrorist on earth. Manipulated by Arab secret services, protected by the Eastern bloc, in various disguises and under many pseudonyms, he headed...
Instead, it will be screened Out of Competition, due to the fact it is reportedly set to play on French cable network Canal+ and the Cannes committee didn’t want what appears to be a “TV movie” screening In Competition.
Interesting story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the Opec headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.
If you prefer the official Carlos synopsis part, than check this out: “His name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, but everybody calls him Carlos. For two decades, he was the most wanted terrorist on earth. Manipulated by Arab secret services, protected by the Eastern bloc, in various disguises and under many pseudonyms, he headed...
- 5/3/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
No one from Hollywood has managed to get the elusive Carlos jus right, I think might get him right. I'm glad this is going to Assayas -- whose picture-perfect and poignant Summer Hours has officially converted me into a fan of his once again. - #11. Carlos the Jackal Director: Olivier AssayasWriter(s): Dan Franck and AssayasProducers: Daniel Leconte and Jens MeurerDistributor: IFC Films The Gist: Carlos the Jackal traces the life of Carlos (currently serving a life sentence in a French prison) from 1973-1994. Full of violence and secret-service manipulation, the story includes the 1974 bomb attack on the Publicis Drugstore in Paris, the 1975 hostage-taking of 11 Opec ministers in Vienna and several planned assassinations. All this unfolds against a geopolitical backdrop encompassing the Plo, Japanese Red Army, Iraq under Saddam Hussein, the Ussr, East German Stasi, Hungary, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and, finally, Sudan where Carlos was arrested.....(more) Cast: Édgar Ramírez,...
- 2/3/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
The eleventh and last part (W-z) of my extensive 2010 preview guide I'm still at work on and should be hitting the site either Tuesday or Wednesday. Before that though it is time to plug a few holes.
With release dates always in flux, there is no true definitive list of films opening this year as the number of titles change day-by-day and many aren't really locked in yet. As a result, there's definitely been some guesswork assembling this list, albeit carefully considered and researched to try and fit in what will come out, what's important enough, and what can be reasonably done.
However, there are always titles that slip through the cracks. Thankfully some ever vigilant readers have been keeping an eye out and sent in some suggestions of key projects I've missed. Not everything can be included of course, otherwise this list would take forever, but there are fourteen...
With release dates always in flux, there is no true definitive list of films opening this year as the number of titles change day-by-day and many aren't really locked in yet. As a result, there's definitely been some guesswork assembling this list, albeit carefully considered and researched to try and fit in what will come out, what's important enough, and what can be reasonably done.
However, there are always titles that slip through the cracks. Thankfully some ever vigilant readers have been keeping an eye out and sent in some suggestions of key projects I've missed. Not everything can be included of course, otherwise this list would take forever, but there are fourteen...
- 1/11/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Screened
Locarno International Film Festival In Competition
The impact on his friends and family of a man's five-year disappearance forms the basis of Florian Hoffmeister's absorbing drama 3 Degrees Colder, but his screenplay with Mona King could have used more development to make the most of the theme.
Well crafted and acted, the film will draw audiences to its Big Chill-like atmosphere but they may be disappointed by the lack of genuine depth.
On a trip to Spain, Jan Sebastian Blomberg) goes missing and when his friends Frank (Johann von Bulow) and Steini (Alexander Beyer), and his lover Marie (Bibiana Beglau), exhaust any means of finding him, they return to Germany. Frank, however, has spotted Jan alone on the beach but does not reveal this to the others.
Jan stays away for five years and meanwhile Frank and Marie have married, and so has the philandering Steini to the oft-pregnant Jenny (Meret Becker). Jan's brother Olli Florian David Fitz) has met a lovely young musician named Babette (Katharina Schuttler) while his mother (Grischa Huber) pines for her oldest son and endures a distant relationship with their lawyer father (Hubert Mulzer).
Marie also pines for Jan and writes emotional letters to him that she never tries to send. When Frank finds one, however, he decides to mail it to Jan via his family and that is what finally brings Jan home.
Frank's motive in sending the letter and Marie's response to seeing the lover she has yearned for provide rich fodder for an examination of love and loving, but the film fails to go much beneath the surface. All the players do good work with Von Bulow and Beglau especially strong and Fitz and Schuttler very appealing in support.
The film relies greatly on its music to provide emotional resonance and it's a good thing the beautiful score for strings composed by Adrian Corker and Paul Conboy is more than up to it.
Blue Eyes Fiction, Sabotage Films
No MPAA rating
Running time 113 mins.
Locarno International Film Festival In Competition
The impact on his friends and family of a man's five-year disappearance forms the basis of Florian Hoffmeister's absorbing drama 3 Degrees Colder, but his screenplay with Mona King could have used more development to make the most of the theme.
Well crafted and acted, the film will draw audiences to its Big Chill-like atmosphere but they may be disappointed by the lack of genuine depth.
On a trip to Spain, Jan Sebastian Blomberg) goes missing and when his friends Frank (Johann von Bulow) and Steini (Alexander Beyer), and his lover Marie (Bibiana Beglau), exhaust any means of finding him, they return to Germany. Frank, however, has spotted Jan alone on the beach but does not reveal this to the others.
Jan stays away for five years and meanwhile Frank and Marie have married, and so has the philandering Steini to the oft-pregnant Jenny (Meret Becker). Jan's brother Olli Florian David Fitz) has met a lovely young musician named Babette (Katharina Schuttler) while his mother (Grischa Huber) pines for her oldest son and endures a distant relationship with their lawyer father (Hubert Mulzer).
Marie also pines for Jan and writes emotional letters to him that she never tries to send. When Frank finds one, however, he decides to mail it to Jan via his family and that is what finally brings Jan home.
Frank's motive in sending the letter and Marie's response to seeing the lover she has yearned for provide rich fodder for an examination of love and loving, but the film fails to go much beneath the surface. All the players do good work with Von Bulow and Beglau especially strong and Fitz and Schuttler very appealing in support.
The film relies greatly on its music to provide emotional resonance and it's a good thing the beautiful score for strings composed by Adrian Corker and Paul Conboy is more than up to it.
Blue Eyes Fiction, Sabotage Films
No MPAA rating
Running time 113 mins.
Screened
Locarno International Film Festival In Competition
The impact on his friends and family of a man's five-year disappearance forms the basis of Florian Hoffmeister's absorbing drama 3 Degrees Cooler, but his screenplay with Mona King could have used more development to make the most of the theme.
Well crafted and acted, the film will draw audiences to its Big Chill-like atmosphere but they may be disappointed by the lack of genuine depth.
On a trip to Spain, Jan Sebastian Blomberg) goes missing and when his friends Frank (Johann von Bulow) and Steini (Alexander Beyer), and his lover Marie (Bibiana Beglau), exhaust any means of finding him, they return to Germany. Frank, however, has spotted Jan alone on the beach but does not reveal this to the others.
Jan stays away for five years and meanwhile Frank and Marie have married, and so has the philandering Steini to the oft-pregnant Jenny (Meret Becker). Jan's brother Olli Florian David Fitz) has met a lovely young musician named Babette (Katharina Schuttler) while his mother (Grischa Huber) pines for her oldest son and endures a distant relationship with their lawyer father (Hubert Mulzer).
Marie also pines for Jan and writes emotional letters to him that she never tries to send. When Frank finds one, however, he decides to mail it to Jan via his family and that is what finally brings Jan home.
Frank's motive in sending the letter and Marie's response to seeing the lover she has yearned for provide rich fodder for an examination of love and loving, but the film fails to go much beneath the surface. All the players do good work with Von Bulow and Beglau especially strong and Fitz and Schuttler very appealing in support.
The film relies greatly on its music to provide emotional resonance and it's a good thing the beautiful score for strings composed by Adrian Corker and Paul Conboy is more than up to it.
Blue Eyes Fiction, Sabotage Films
No MPAA rating
Running time 113 mins.
Locarno International Film Festival In Competition
The impact on his friends and family of a man's five-year disappearance forms the basis of Florian Hoffmeister's absorbing drama 3 Degrees Cooler, but his screenplay with Mona King could have used more development to make the most of the theme.
Well crafted and acted, the film will draw audiences to its Big Chill-like atmosphere but they may be disappointed by the lack of genuine depth.
On a trip to Spain, Jan Sebastian Blomberg) goes missing and when his friends Frank (Johann von Bulow) and Steini (Alexander Beyer), and his lover Marie (Bibiana Beglau), exhaust any means of finding him, they return to Germany. Frank, however, has spotted Jan alone on the beach but does not reveal this to the others.
Jan stays away for five years and meanwhile Frank and Marie have married, and so has the philandering Steini to the oft-pregnant Jenny (Meret Becker). Jan's brother Olli Florian David Fitz) has met a lovely young musician named Babette (Katharina Schuttler) while his mother (Grischa Huber) pines for her oldest son and endures a distant relationship with their lawyer father (Hubert Mulzer).
Marie also pines for Jan and writes emotional letters to him that she never tries to send. When Frank finds one, however, he decides to mail it to Jan via his family and that is what finally brings Jan home.
Frank's motive in sending the letter and Marie's response to seeing the lover she has yearned for provide rich fodder for an examination of love and loving, but the film fails to go much beneath the surface. All the players do good work with Von Bulow and Beglau especially strong and Fitz and Schuttler very appealing in support.
The film relies greatly on its music to provide emotional resonance and it's a good thing the beautiful score for strings composed by Adrian Corker and Paul Conboy is more than up to it.
Blue Eyes Fiction, Sabotage Films
No MPAA rating
Running time 113 mins.
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