The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki, a film based on the life of a legendary Finnish boxer, came out swinging in a bout with the big boys and girls in Cannes. Its...
Read MoreThe Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki, a film based on the life of a legendary Finnish boxer, came out swinging in a bout with the big boys and girls in Cannes. Its...
Read MoreYour wait is over! A mere 90 years after its initial publication, my translation of Rudolf Kurtz’s Expressionism and Film is available in English!...
Read MorePoor Marguerite. She’s a middle-aged baroness in a loveless marriage, living in a lavish country seat outside Paris in 1920. If she were satisfied attending ladies’...
Read MoreWhy another film based on the diary of Anne Frank? Everybody knows the story. It’s already been made into a well-meaning play and a number of TV movies. Lines of...
Read MoreThe Commune brings Danish director Thomas Vinterberg home, following his big-budget English language turn in Far From the Madding Crowd. This sensitively acted, loving...
Read MoreGod’s alive and doing rather poorly in Brussels. The Belgian film academy’s awards are called the “Magrittes,” and tellingly enough, wacky surrealist visionary...
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