Barbara is a 2012 German film directed by Christian Petzold. The film competed in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012, where Petzold won the Silver Bear for Best Director. It heralds another partnership between Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss. Her close collaboration with the director has been extremely successful: she won the 2003 Adolf Grimme Award for her role in his […]
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SFF: Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and the fun of films
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Moonrise Kingdom is Wes Anderson back in form – we’ve all seen enough of his films now to know if we love them or hate them – and for me this is one of his better ones. I had a lovely, easy, pleasant time with this film. Feel good that actually makes me feel good […]
SFF: Amour – Michael Haneke and the question of the end.
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I saw Amour last night at the Sydney Film Festival and I am still wrapped up in its world. What a delicate, beautifully made film – one completely deserving its accolades and applause. There is little to say that hasn’t already been said about this film – and it isn’t due for release till after […]
László Dubrovay – “A² “/ Oscillations Nos. 1-3
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László Dubrovay is a Hungarian composer, born in Budapest on 23 March 1943. Laszlo Dubrovay attended the Bela Bartok Conservatory and the Academy of Music, graduating in 1966. His professors of composition were Istvan Szelenyi, Ferenc Szabo and Imre Vincze. On a scholarship of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD),he continued his studies in West Germany between 1972 and […]
SFF: Beasts of the Southern Wild – A film for the Bourgeoisie.
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It’s difficult to talk about films like this – films that create a lot of buzz, are very complex in their multiple themes, and rely very heavily on the advantages of context. Overall, I would have to say I didn’t like Beasts of the Southern Wild. I found it arrogant, preachy and patronizing. Having said […]
SFF: Play it like Godard – Jonathan Zaccaï pokes fun at precociousness
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One thing I just have to say before I went to the film last night, is how bloody AMAZING the Vivid Sydney festival is. I Haven’t been to this festival before – despite its review as one of the top ten festivals in the world in the Guardian and despite its being a ten minute train […]
SFF: Whore’s Glory – Sex, money and death with Michael Glawogger.
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“Prostitution is not to be condemned or defended,” Mr. Glawogger writes. “Prostitution simply is. It is like war. War is.” I’ve been out of this film an hour and because I will see so many films over the next week and a half, it is my intention to write about the films after I have seen them. […]
Wire’s 100 Records that set the world on fire while no one was listening. 76 – 80
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The point of the Wire’s 100 Records that set the world on fire while no one was listening is that no one was listening and several of the folk on today’s segement of the list have become “huge-after-the-fact”. Arthur Russell was virtually discoverd after his death, his influence being spread over and throughout the music […]
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