Escape from the ‘Liberty’ Cinema
Cinema Wolność (= Liberty) is a rather ordinary movie hall where unremarkable movies like Jutrzenka get shown. But one fine... View Article
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Every Note You Play
Mika Kaurismäki’s most recent film in many ways marks a return to his roots. After completing his film studies in... View Article
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Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert
Margarethe von Trotta's latest screenplay and directorial effort is a portrait of Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann, a major figure in European modernist literature.
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Grapes of Wrath
After years in prison, Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) returns to his family farm in Oklahoma, only to find even grittier... View Article
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Greed
Erich von Stroheim's Greed is probably, along with Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), the most famous mutilated masterpiece in the history of cinema, an epic exploration of human nature that has been slashed from its original length of over nine hours to its current running time.
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Hannah Arendt
How to portray a person whose job it is to think – this is the challenge von Trotta tackles in her biopic of the philosopher Hannah Arendt.
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Grand Tour
A love story meets a devilish pursuit, and documentary street scenes collide with stylised silent film aesthetics. True to its... View Article
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Familiar Touch
Director-screenwriter Sarah Friedland made a rare hat trick at the Venice Film Festival, winning both best debut award and the... View Article
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Never Alone
Klaus Härö’s latest film could be described as Finland’s Schindler’s List. The subject of this historically plausible-looking period film is... View Article
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