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His films are crazy, wicked and always extremely successful. Pedro Almodóvar is the Spanish Superstar among the directors; his new films are shown in the competitions of renowned festivals as well as commercially successful and loved by the audiences. Almodóvar manages the stretch between art and commercial success and wows both critics and audiences with his love, death, homosexuality and transgender topics. This May arte shows some of his greatest films. Unfortunately the series is almost over, but we are still on time for one last highlight: This Wednesday they are showing All About My Mother followed by a documentary on the Making-Of the masterpiece. So instead of “off to the movies” it’s “back to the couch” this week.
And in case you forgot it was Mother’s Day this past Sunday, hinting at this could be your perfect late gift! More details after the jump…
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by Lia
on May 15th, 2012
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There are currently two films in the cinema that deal with the topic of cancer. The independant French movie Declaration of War and the larger budget american production 50/50. Although films on cancer aren’t exactly the most uplifting topic, I decided to go with it anyway. Especially because the films take such different approaches to the difficult topic…
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by Lia
on May 8th, 2012
in Entertainment, Movies
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I am in full festival mode, as the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen is currently on and I am part of the team. So I worked heaps but also saw a lot of films since last Thursday. The MuVis, our Music Video Program is one that I look forward to every year. Inspired or even driven by music the filmmakers creat perfect little symbioses between film and music and my colleague really digs out the best of them.
So instead of long films, this week it’s short music videos we’ll be taking a look at.
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by Lia
on May 1st, 2012
in Movies, Music, Videos
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As I mentioned two weeks ago: I have been looking forward to seeing My Week with Marilyn since I heard about the project it in fall 2010. So of course I went and watched it right away when it was released last week. Unfortunately it wasn’t quite what I had expected. My review of the film, as well as some more film recommendations after the jump.
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by Lia
on April 24th, 2012
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Martha Marcy May Marlene. Who remembers this title correctly at the cinema cashier really deserves free admission. But the film is a small treat itself, especially Elizabeth Olsen (jepp she’s Mary-Kate and Ashleys little sister) gives a stunning performance!
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by Lia
on April 17th, 2012
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I love looking forward to things for weeks! The anticipation really is the better fun at times. Sometimes because the actual experience is a let down or because it simply passes so quickly you want to scream „ again again!“ just like little children do.
I try to make you excited about films here every week and just wanted to be part of the crowd again. Thus I decided to only show trailers of films that aren’t in the cinemas and I haven’t seen yet. Over the course of this year they will hopefully be theatrically released and I will keep you posted on if it was worth looking forward to…
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by Lia
on April 10th, 2012
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I never watch Fantasy films! And although The Lord of the Rings, Twilight and Harry Potter Films almost haunted you in recent years, I successfully refused to spend countless hours in fairytale woods and magician boarding schools.
Now the Hunger Games was released and was advertised with a horrific poster – A flaming broach and a girl with a flaming arrow. Fantasy fans may have been hot for this film, but I couldn’t have cared less.
But I actually spent 142 minutes of my Saturday Night in the woods of Panem and didn´t merely watch hero Katniss Everdeen but really suffered with her.
What had happened?
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by Lia
on April 3rd, 2012
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Vienna! City of my student years. I spent nearly six years there, studied, suffered, enjoyed and loved. Last weekend I went back to meet friends and their newborns, drink Viennese Melange and wander through the beautiful streets. I had four amazing days, with sunshine and spring-like temperatures that showed Vienna at its best. Also at its best is the Danube city in the many films it stars in, because really it is always more than just the location…
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by Lia
on March 27th, 2012
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He was elected last sunday, the new head of the State, the highest representative of Germany, Joachim Gauck is Germany’s new President. He was nominated for the second time and after he had lost agains Christian Wulff in 2010 he received 991 votes at this sundays election. The quick second chance for his election was due to the scandal around Wulff, his private loans and a series of doubtful parties. It wasn´t a massive political scandal, but it was enough of a dent to his persona to make him resign from his position. Sadly I couldn´t find German productions that deserve the name political thriller. But there are quite a few films dealing with American politics. So this week a small selection of films that take us to the heart of politics…
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by Lia
on March 20th, 2012
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The number 13 is bad luck, at least that´s what people suffering from Triskaidekaphobia – the fear of the number 13 – believe. Today ist he 13th of March, so you should be careful not to walk under a ladder or let a black cat cross your path. If yet it does happen, just quickly drop a glass, search for a lucky penny or go shake a chimney sweepers hand. Has anyone guessed it yet? This week is all about films on superstition.
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by Lia
on March 13th, 2012
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