Hasitha Fernando on the story behind Downfall as the film celebrates its 20th anniversary… Over the course of many years there have been numerous stories of World War II that centered around Adolf Hitler brought to life through feature films and the small screen. These portrayals have ranged mostly from moustache twirling villainy to two-dimensional […]
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) – October Horrors 2022
Nosferatu the Vampyre, 1979. Directed by Werner Herzog. Starring Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor and Walter Ladengast. SYNOPSIS: Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror. Last week, we kicked off […]
Movie Review – Wings of Desire (1987)
Wings of Desire, 1987. Directed by Wim Wenders. Starring Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Peter Falk, and Solveig Dommartin. SYNOPSIS: An angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin’s residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal. Wim Wenders […]
October Horrors 2021 – The House That Jack Built (2018)
The House That Jack Built, 2018. Directed by Lars Von Trier. Starring Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Sibohan Fallon Hogan, Sofie Grabol, Riley Keough and Jeremy Davies. SYNOPSIS: Jack, a prolific and brutal serial killer, recounts his crimes to the Roman poet Virgil in an attempt to explain and justify his actions. There is […]
The American Friend: Four masters who created the ultimate Tom Ripley adaptation
Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at a classic neo-noir, The American Friend which saw four legends of cinema combine to create the greatest Tom Ripley adaptation… Lovers of cinemas literary adaptations may be familiar with the Tom Ripley series. Patricia Highsmith’s crime novels on the titular Ripley proved immensely popular and inevitably lead to […]
Extreme Cinema – The House That Jack Built (2018)
The House That Jack Built, 2018. Directed by Lars Von Trier. Starring Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Sofie Gråbøl, and Riley Keough. SYNOPSIS: Jack, a failed architect & serial killer, recounts the 12-year span where he murders his way through the U.S. state of Washington. The House That Jack Built tells the […]
Movie Review – A Hidden Life (2019)
A Hidden Life, 2019. Directed by Terrence Malick. Starring August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Karin Neuhauser, Michael Nyqvist, Matthias Schoenaerts, Bruno Ganz and Jürgen Prochnow. SYNOPSIS: An Austrian farmer refuses to fight for the Nazis during the Second World War, which puts his way of life under threat. A new film from Terrence Malick is always […]
Movie Review – A Hidden Life (2019)
A Hidden Life, 2019. Written and Directed by Terrence Malick. Starring August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Michael Nyqvist, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jürgen Prochnow, Bruno Ganz, Alexander Fehling, Ulrich Matthes, Karl Markovics, Franz Rogowski, Tobias Moretti, Martin Wuttke, Max Mauff, Johan Leysen, Waldemar Kobus, Sophie Rois, Maria Simon, and Nicholas Reinke. SYNOPSIS: The Austrian Blessed Franz Jägerstätter, a […]
Movie Review – A Hidden Life (2019)
A Hidden Life, 2019. Written and directed by Terrence Malick. Starring August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Nyqvist, and Bruno Ganz. SYNOPSIS: Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II. After spending years out in the experimental doldrums to the extent of […]
First trailer for Terrence Malick’s WWII drama A Hidden Life
FoxSearchlight has released the first trailer and a poster for acclaimed filmmaker Terrence Malick’s upcoming World War II-set drama A Hidden Life which tells the true story of Franz Jagerstatter (played by August Diehl), an Austrian farmer who was faced with the threat of execution after refusing to fight for the Nazis. A HIDDEN LIFE […]
