Flick-onomics
OUT NOW! The book went bestseller, but FREAKONOMICS hasn't profited from a film adaptation.
View ArticleMoroccan mediocrity?
OUT NOW! Stunning cinematography stops coming-of-age road movie EXIT MARRAKECH descending into pure banality.
View ArticleThe drama of dance
OUT NOW! A fitting tribute to Tanjda Liedtke is found in Bryan Mason's triumphant documentary TANJA – LIFE IN MOVEMENT.
View ArticleNun too surprising
OUT NOW! In a much more secular world, LA RELIGIEUSE – a competent remake of the 1966 film about nuns – has none of the original's impact.
View ArticleWikiweak
OUT NOW! The big mistake of THE FIFTH ESTATE lies in its attempt to tell both the technical and personal stories of Wikileaks in one film.
View ArticleLo-fi chess flick
OUT NOW! Shot in monochrome on a vintage camera, COMPUTER CHESS is stylistically accomplished without veering into pretentiousness.
View ArticleThe Love Police
Charles Veitch founded The Love Police to enforce a new kind of feeling in today's culture. While the heat from his hug-guns may have cooled, Harald Baer’s film documents the good-time protest. It...
View ArticleWatch out for the looove police
Charles Veitch founded The Love Police to enforce a new kind of feeling in today's culture. While the heat from his hug-guns may have cooled, Harald Baer’s film documents the good-time protest. It...
View ArticleA road trip with Eran Riklis
INTERVIEW. After The Lemon Tree, The Syrian Bride and Playoff, Israeli director Eran Riklis returns with Zaytoun bringing his trademark nuanced pace and sparse dialogue to portray a gripping road trip...
View ArticleMiddle Eastern road trip
OUT NOW! The nuanced pace and sparse dialogue of Eran Riklis previous films works well in ZAYTOUN.
View ArticleLeathery lunkheads
OUT NOW! Sly and Arnold face off in by-the-numbers shoot-'em-up ESCAPE PLAN.
View ArticleLunchtime reward
OUT NOW! In Ritish Batra's LUNCHBOX, big things come in small boxes in a excellently scripted treat.
View ArticleGrowing up with Io e Te
OUT NOW! Bernardo Bertolucci's teens are self-sequestered in a struggle with adolescence.
View ArticleHoliday indie bookshop guide
‘Tis the season: time to search for that elusive item known as the perfect gift. A taste of our December issue can save the (holi)day with eight recommended (indie) bookshops that specialize in...
View ArticleMother loving
OUT NOW! Two hot mothers begin affairs with each other’s sons in a trickle of destructive passion, but awake nothing in us.
View ArticleDigitally Syndicated
It looked as if digitalized techniques might save arthouse cinema - but has it? Berlin’s Around the World in 14 Films hosts a discussion with specialists from the areas of production, distribution,...
View ArticleSpecial delivery
OUT NOW! A man's many sperm bank donations are now a load of progeny in DELIVERY MAN.
View ArticleThe way to compromise
OUT NOW! Collette is the master of compromise in THE WAY WAY BACK.
View ArticleA melancholy song
OUT NOW! Coens impress again with INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, a folk singer personifying life’s dissatisfactions.
View ArticleSchool days
OUT NOW! Plisson's documentary ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL follows four kids' extraordinary way to school.
View ArticleStrangers in Venice
OUT NOW! In LO SONO LI two immigrants find comfort in each other despite of their circumstances and others' prejudice.
View ArticleCalling Houston
OUT NOW! Indie film circuit hit HOUSTON is a well-done critique of a slyly re-emergent, post-2008 global greed.
View ArticleA troubled mind
OUT NOW! ALOIS NEBEL is haunted by memories of WWII in this graphic novel impressively come to life.
View ArticleDull blade
OUT NOW! To our chagrin, MACHETE KILLS brings back Danny Trejo on yet another mission.
View ArticleEverything said
OUT NOW! A well-balanced dynamic between the three leads makes ENOUGH SAID eloquent enough.
View Article"I’m a smart person, but I write intuitively"
INTERVIEW. Nicole Holofcener's warmly received romantic comedy, "Enough Said", grapples gently with the ups and downs of mature romance. The film hits Berlin cinemas Dec 19.
View ArticleMore than art
OUT NOW. Oscar-winner director Trueba's EL ARTISTA Y LA MODELO tells a story of an inspirational relationship between an artist and a model.
View ArticleA Mitty act
OUT NOW! THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY is on screen with Ben Stiller as the man with the imagination.
View ArticleBelieve blindly
OUT NOW! Edward Hogg portrays a blind man in IMAGINE testing the limits of visual impairment.
View ArticleKittens for dinner?
OUT NOW! DAS MERKWÜRDIGE KÄTZCHEN looks at the ordinary highs and lows of a family through the preparation of a meal.
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