Friday, September 3, 2010

“Nuremberg” in New York, documentary to premiere at film festival

August 20, 2010 by Andreas Fuchs  
Filed under Film

The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s 48th New York Film Festival (FSLC, NYFF), “the essential showcase of the latest and best in American and international cinema,” will complement this years previously announced festival selections (for our German language report, click here) with a series of events and additional programs. “The Masterworks and Special Events at [...]

New York Film Festival wählt “Räuber”

August 20, 2010 by Andreas Fuchs  
Filed under Cineastisches

New York Film Festival wählt “Räuber”

Die deutsch-österreichische Koproduktion „Der Räuber” (“The Robber”) von Benjamin Heisenberg wurde für die kommende 48. Ausgabe des New York Film Festival (NYFF) ausgewählt. Die Kommission erklärte, der Film sei genauso präzise und konzentriert wie der Titelheld. Im Zentrum stünde die „brilliant kalibrierte Darstellung“ von Andreas Lust, die mal „physisch explosiv“ und dann wieder „eng angespannt“ [...]

“A Film Unfinished” finally opens and sheds light on Nazi propaganda

August 14, 2010 by Andreas Fuchs  
Filed under EVENTS, Film

“A Film Unfinished” finally opens and sheds light on Nazi propaganda

On August 18, Oscilloscope Pictures opens Yael Hersonski’s “A Film Unfinished” in New York at the Film Forum (209 W. Houston Street) and Lincoln Plaza Cinemas (1886 Broadway), on August 20th the documentary premieres in Los Angeles at The Laemmle Royal and in Encino, California at Laemmle Town Center. This will be followed by a national run of the [...]

Streit um Freigabe für “A Film Unfinished”

August 14, 2010 by Andreas Fuchs  
Filed under Cineastisches

Streit um Freigabe für “A Film Unfinished”

R-Freigabe für Holocaust
Der deutsch-israelische Dokumentarfilm “A Film Unfinished” (U.S.-Start: 18. August, for locations, please read our English-language announcement) konnte auch im Widerspruchverfahren nicht die von Filmemacher Yael Hersonski und Verleih Oscilloscope Laboratories gewünschte reduzierte Freigabe erhalten. Mit 12 zu drei Stimmen beließ es die Motion Picture Assoc. of America bei „Restricted“ (Children Under 17 Require [...]

Herzogs 3D-Höhle in Toronto

August 14, 2010 by Andreas Fuchs  
Filed under Cineastisches

Unter den 25 Titeln für die Dokumentarsektion des kommenden Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) qualifizierte sich Werner Herzogs Entdeckungsreise in die urzeitlichen Höhlen von Chavet als eine von zwölf Weltpremieren. Danker der eigens entwickelten Spezialausrüstung kann Herzog in „Cave of Forgotten Dreams“ den Blick auf die über 30 000 Jahre alten Fresken in 3D gewähren. [...]

Informative little book of language

July 23, 2010 by GW Editorial Staff  
Filed under Books

In this little book linguist David Crystal usefully sums
up the history of the the thing that sets the homo sapiens apart from
all other animals, language. Written with a younger and non-linguist audience
[...]

Tromatizing Germany

July 20, 2010 by Andreas Fuchs  
Filed under Film

On the occasion of Troma Entertainment’s 35th anniversary, Lloyd Kaufman, company president and creator of The Toxic Avenger, attended a mid-July retrospective in three German cities. On the program at Raw Temple (Berlin), Cinestar Saarbrücken (presented by SplatterdayNightFever) and KommKino Nürnberg are, amongst others, “Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead” and the world premiere of Markus [...]

Bono: I’m ready, rebuilt by German engineering

July 14, 2010 by GW Editorial Staff  
Filed under Coffee Klatsch, Music, NEWS

As German World Magazine reported U2 lead singer Bono was hospitalized in Germany in June.
Now the band announced on their website u2.com that they are coming back.
The famous singer announced: “I’m ready, rebuilt by German engineering. Better design, I’m told.”
Bono elaborates: “I’m very well. I can sit. I can stand. I can move around a [...]

Homeland Security hilft Hollywood

July 8, 2010 by Andreas Fuchs  
Filed under Cineastisches

“Piraterie ist Diebstahl, klar und deutlich”, erklärte Vizepräsident Joe Biden am 22. Juni bei der Veröffentlichung des 65-seitigen und „wirklich gründlichen und umfassenden“ Programmkatalogs zur Bekämpfung des Diebstahls von geistigem Eigentum. „Wir jagen die Diebe, wir verfolgen die Webseiten…“ Die von der Obama Regierung eingesetzte Spezialistin, U.S. Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel, warnte [...]

Wagner’s Mark on comic books

July 4, 2010 by GW Editorial Staff  
Filed under Music

The roots of Thor and many other comic book figures stretch back to Wagner’s epic and earlier.
By David Ng for Los Angeles Times

Look, up in the sky! In case you haven’t noticed already, our entertainment stratosphere has grown crowded with muscle-bound superheroes in almost every conceivable shape and size: the franchise-rebooted likes of Spider-Man and [...]

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