Tag: historical films
"Little dirty letters" in the cinema: In the swear word fireworks
Hate mail, long before the Internet: In “Little Dirty Letters” Thea Sharrock revives a 100-year-old English scandal – and the forbidden appeal of swearing. source site
"One Life" in the cinema: So many lives
A great actor as a savior of the Jews – can that work? In “One Life” Anthony Hopkins plays the “British Schindler” Nicholas Winton. source site
Chinese epic "Creation of the Gods" in the cinema: Be careful, fox demon
Blockbuster with hidden object aesthetics: “Creation of the Gods”, based on an epic from the Ming Dynasty, is only the first part of an opulent Chinese heroic saga. source site
“The Glory of Life” in the cinema: In bed with Kafka – culture
“The Glory of Life” tries to show another Kafka, a cheerful, in-love Franz. But the film freezes before the dark cliché. Already after the first Baltic Sea scenes, flooded with…
“The Zone of Interest” in the cinema: The ghosts of Auschwitz – Culture
Never again is now? If you really want to understand what that means, you have to see this film: “The Zone of Interest” with Sandra Hülser and Christian Friedel. “I…
“The Zone of Interest” in the cinema: The ghosts of Auschwitz – Culture
Never again is now? If you really want to understand what that means, you have to see this film: “The Zone of Interest” with Sandra Hülser and Christian Friedel. “I…
Oscar candidate “The Holdovers” in the cinema: A heart for stinky boots – culture
Alexander Payne makes films that make your heart melt, not every time, but again and again. This is due to the incomparable relationship he has with his characters. He sees…
"Stella. One life" in the cinema: The Ghost
In the new film “Stella” Paula Beer plays the Jewish informer Stella Goldschlag. Why is the story so fascinating – and why are German films about the Holocaust generally not…
"Stella. One life" in the cinema: The Ghost
In the new film “Stella” Paula Beer plays the Jewish informer Stella Goldschlag. Why is the story so fascinating – and why are German films about the Holocaust generally not…
Sofia Coppola: “I don’t want to tell the audience how to feel” – Culture
It’s the stupidest question in the world, so we’ll start with it: Sofia Coppola, how did you do that? No, even stupider, but also interesting: Mrs. Coppola, when you were…