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: Whore’s Glory – Sex, money and death with Michael Glawogger.
posted by lisathatcher
“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. […]
Short Film – Homecoming. (C’me on! We’ve ALL been there)
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I have nothing to add. This short film says it all. Ben Thatcher is my brother. You can see more of his short films and / or listen to his latest music here.
Love is Colder than Death – Fassbinder starts out with a bang.
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The above scene gives a strong indication of the power of Fassbinders full length feature, Love is Colder than Death. I felt this was a wonderful debut although I have read it got him little love at the time. He was seen as an arrogant upstart – which, lets face it, he probably was – […]
Announcing: The Lisa Thatcher Newsletter
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A warm and very friendly greeting to all the lovely folk that pop in and read this blog. I want to take the opportunity to thank each and every one of you for your visits. I feel very encouraged by the strength of your response. The blog has now hit the “regular” 100,000 visits a month club […]
À bout de souffle – At breaths End – Breathless 52 years on.
posted by lisathatcher
I watched Breathless (again) last week. I know – lucky lucky me. Of course it inspired me to buy myself a New York Herald Tribune T-shirt. I vowed to only ever wear stripes again. I almost cut all my hair and went back to being a blonde – Almost. So what is there to say […]
Diamonds of the Night – Heartbreaking beauty by Jan Němec in his first film.
posted by lisathatcher
I just don’t know where to start with this beautiful beautiful film. I’ve actually owned this film for a few months and hadn’t gotten around to watching it yet. It was on my ‘list’ for a couple of weeks then I sat down to focus this week finally – and as usual, I was stunned […]
Film – Samuel Beckett takes to the flicks.
posted by lisathatcher
I watched a wonderful short film tonight. A man is running through the streets. he is spotted by a couple and recoils at the sight of them, running on past. The couple are shocked to see him. he runs on, till finally he reaches the door of a room. At the door he takes his […]
Céline and Julie go boating – The quiet achiever of the French new wave goes epic.
posted by lisathatcher
How does one describe a film that encompasses the entire world in its enormity? This is easily one of my all time favourite films. I love it for nostalgic reasons and I love it for itself. It is a holy epic, pure in its revelations, uncompromising in its commitment to its own depth. There is so much to say […]
We need to talk about Kevin: Cinematic quality in a sea of ambiguity.
posted by lisathatcher
It’s been a bit of a film week for me. I saw We Need To Talk About Kevin, and I need to fess up right away that I haven’t read Lionel Shriver’s book. Nor do I intend to. I have nothing against Ms Shriver, but I read Room by Emma Donoghue and I will confess […]
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