If you know less after a film than you did before, that’s actually a huge compliment. Because art is meant to startle you, to plant questions in your head and trigger new thoughts. That’s why it’s great, fun and important. Blue Jasmine managed to do precisely this to me. The latest Woody Allen film made me think about things I hadn’t thought about in a long time and reigned the conversation after…
At the moment there really isn’t too much exciting going on in the movie theatres. Yes, there’s a few films where the world get’s blown to bits and pieces and some indies that are promising, but to be honest nothing lured me into a darkened room for 90 minutes these past couple of days. However there are movies in the making or rather probably on a ship across the ocean that I am actually very excited about. Trailer fest! Whoop whoop!
It’s Christmas shopping season and nearly everyone seems to be going insane whilst trying to find the perfect last minute gift for their loved ones. Boyfriends, girlfriends and best friends are usually not the problem, but rather those we don’t spend so much time with, like grandparents, little cousins and siblings.
Films are usually a good and safe option, but they should be the right ones.
Here’s my little guide to giving films, that help avoid embarrasment and hopefully makes the presentee happy. Well and if it doesn’t, these are all films that will look great on your shelf…
Whenever there’s a new Woody Allen Film out, I am in the same trouble. On one hand every critic seems to rage about the New York neurotic and all my friends want to see the film immediately, but on the other hand I’m not really on one page with Woody when it comes to humor and have also been tought from very early on that Woody Allen is no good by my dad.
Now that To Rome with Love is out, I’m thus back in a familiar disaster. But after even ttt has an entire report about it, I went ahead and trotted to the cinema with my flatmates in order to give old Woody one more chance.
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Sitting outside around a large wooden table with lots of friends, having great conversations until the break of day and drinking plenty of red wine – that’s how I imagine an ideal summer vacation. If you add days lounging around the pool, a beautiful view from the terrace and fresh fish for dinner, I am perfectly happy and will probably suggest to simply never leave again. Chances are this dream will come true next week, because I am going to Lago Maggiore with friends and am overly excited already! Because anticipation is – I’ve said this before I know – the most beautiful joy I have been watching films that will make me long for a summer vacation. I do hope you already have plans as well, but if you don’t and start envying those who do, just wait for next Tuesday. Because then we’ll present the films that make you afraid of vacations rather than look forward to them. But for this week let’s dive into the fun…
DAVID BOWIE – BIKE, photos by Steven Shapiro
On September 10, another spectacular exhibition opened at the gallery Camera Work. The exhibition shows photographs by Steven Shapiro and features pictures taken at the film sets of »Godfather« und »Taxi Driver« as well as photographs from the series »Heroes«, which is about popular artists in the 1960ies.
Here is a small preview with pictures of David Bowie, Woody Allen, Muhamad Ali, Truman Capote and The Velvet Underground.