The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Based on Giorgio Bassani's autobiographical 1962 novel of the same name, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis tells the story of an affluent Jewish family living in Ferrara at the time of the rise of fascism.
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Nobody’s Hero
Nobody’s Hero is perhaps the most anomalous entry among Alain Guiraudie’s filmography: a satirical comedy woven out of a bedchamber... View Article
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Marianne and Juliane
Von Trotta’s powerful political drama brought her into the international public consciousness and solidified her position as a key director in the New German Cinema movement.
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Misericordia
Thirty-something Jérémie returns to the picturesque village of his youth in the south of France to attend the funeral of... View Article
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Montparnasse Bienvenüe
Léonor Serraille’s debut feature opens with a hysterical woman. First, this redheaded fury is raging in a stairwell, demanding to... View Article
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Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten
In 1976 Joe Strummer (1952-2002) founded The Clash, one of the leading bands of the British punk movement. Before his tragic early death, the rock legend began working with Julien Temple on a biopic that would be released five years after his passing.
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London: The Modern Babylon
Julien Temple’s epic time-travel journey pays homage to the director’s hometown, but the images of violent fervor bear no resemblance... 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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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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