After announcing new Akin and Wenders and Schloendorff and Graf here before, there are a handful of projects still to add to the “highly anticipated in 2017” section: WORK WITHOUT AN AUTHOR (German trailer) comes out this fall by THE LIVES OF OTHER director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who has to redeem himself for the fall he took with THE TOURIST. In the drama starring Tom Schilling (OH BOY) and newcomer talent Paula Beer (interview), a young artist has escaped from East Germany but is tormented by his upbringing under the Nazi and GDR regimes. Then he meets Ellie, the love of his life, and begins to process the traumatic past in his paintings.
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Tuesday, April 11. 2017
Most anticipated German films of 2017 (part 2)
After announcing new Akin and Wenders and Schloendorff and Graf here before, there are a handful of projects still to add to the “highly anticipated in 2017” section: WORK WITHOUT AN AUTHOR (German trailer) comes out this fall by THE LIVES OF OTHER director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who has to redeem himself for the fall he took with THE TOURIST. In the drama starring Tom Schilling (OH BOY) and newcomer talent Paula Beer (interview), a young artist has escaped from East Germany but is tormented by his upbringing under the Nazi and GDR regimes. Then he meets Ellie, the love of his life, and begins to process the traumatic past in his paintings.
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Friday, February 3. 2017
#Berlinale17: Open Wound German Film
TV has carved out its place at most major international festivals and the Berlinale has been at the forefront of the new wave. This year, I can’t wait for Marvin Krens' 4 BLOCKS (German trailer), which takes us into the Berlin-Neukölln district of several Arab clans, starring VICTORIA’S Frederick Lau.
If you liked DEUTSCHLAND '83, don't miss Oliver Hirschbiegel’s (DOWNFALL) East-West spy drama THE SAME SKY (trailer), where he pitches Tom Schilling (OH BOY) as a Stasi honey trap. The show comes pre-vetted from Cannes’ Mipcom. "In the Berlinale Special we're presenting EIGHT HOURS ARE NOT A DAY by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, proving that TV had strong series to show as early as 1972," Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick contextualised in an FNP interview.
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Saturday, September 6. 2014
#TIFF14 REVIEW: Who am I.
Remember a great nerdy Tom Schilling roaming the streets of Berlin in last year's hit movie "Oh Boy"? In "Who am I", a great nerdy Schilling roams through Berlin on Ritalin. The film has been pitched as a "hacker drama", with a colourful foursome of popular German actors -not including Jackie Chan, that's "Who Am I?"--hacking for the greater good (aka social engineering IRL). And for fun. Until someone makes a mistake.
Funny it is --when you experience writer-director Baran bo Odar (previously of "The Silence") live, you see it comes naturally to him-- and sometimes it veers into the silly (see poster). But I think the creators know it and are toying with it (and us). As bo Odar says after the TIFF world premiere: "It's like your child, you can't change it."
The visual realization in a parallel "dark net" universe keeps it fresh as does the funky electronica score. And just when you think this is a usual suspect (comfortingly, both Russians and Americans are still the bad guys), the director pulls some nice trickery out of his hat. Continue reading "#TIFF14 REVIEW: Who am I." »
