German Film
Next Entries »Artur Brauner – 90 Years Old
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008Celebrating his 90th birthday on August 1st (on the same day as the Swiss National Holiday), Artur Brauner, Berlin’s legendary film producer, can look back on more than 250 productions from 1948 onwards under his CCC (Central Cinema Company) logo. A remarkable achievement for the son of a Polish wood-merchant born in Lodz, particularly when […]
Wim Wenders – Cannes’ Favorite Auteur
Sunday, July 6th, 2008He’s Germany’s best known director, a welcomed guest at top international film festivals, a cultural icon whose reputation was boosted even more when he was elected to succeed Ingmar Bergman as president of the European Film Academy. Yet Wim has not made a good Wenders films for some time now. Would The Palermo Shooting (Germany/Italy, […]
KINO! 2007 – New Films from Germany at MoMA
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Once again, from 1-14 November 2007, the Museum of Modern Art drew crowds to the retrospective KINO! 2007: New Films from Germany. As in previous years, Larry Kardish, senior curator at MoMA, presented a balanced program that offered an overview of German productions from the last year in the field of shorts, documentaries, and features […]
German Films at 7th Tribeca Film Festival 2008
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008Back in 2002, Robert de Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff founded the Tribeca Film Festival as a response to the aftermath of 9/11 with the mission to revive the devastated neighborhood. Now in its 7th year, the festival draws huge crowds and has become a landmark not only in the Manhattan cultural scene, but […]
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