Scribbles and Ramblings

A criteria for previous Euro Film spotlights ( Euro 2008 , Euro 2012 , Euro 2016 ) was to select previously unseen films or films from unkno...

Bungalow (2002) Sleeping Sickness (2011) In My Room (2018) Unlike previously, I started in the middle. The first Ulrich Köhler feature I saw...

HOMO SAPIENS (2016, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria/Switzerland/Germany) In 2006, ruins were a tiny portion of Jia Zhang-ke's STILL...

Sleeping Sickness (2011, Germany co-production, Ulrich Köhler) Ulrich Köhler's film was my first choice for a German film entry...

Entry #11 of the Euro 2012 Book & Film Spotlight looks at the single German entry. Ulrich Köhler’s Sleeping Sickness will not be avai...

Michelangelo Frammartino’s remarkable debut film uses an unnamed town in Calabria as an observatory to examine the metaphysical circle of l...

Lourdes (2009, Austria/France/Germany, Jessica Hausner) Religion is a divisive element in the human race. It causes wars, divides famili...

The 2010 Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) kicks off in less than 2 weeks time. The film selections continue to grow in technical...

Group D -- Germany, Australia, Ghana, Serbia Films: Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler , Celia , The Perfect Picture , The Life and Death of a Porno ...

A spotlight on German Cinema featuring 5 very different films listed in order of preference: Everyone Else (2009, director Maren Ade) A...

One would think that the arrival of film where the villain is a bank would make for great timing. Surely the film would benefit from the p...

Switching gears for a bit to witness themes of love against culture and tradition, voyeurism, affairs, mafia crime & a tale of a boy ge...

The latest viewing included 5 films, 3 from Germany and 2 from France. The directors were -- Werner Herzog (2 movies), Rainer Werner Fassb...

The theme of power and hell is a common element in all four films I saw recently -- each film shows how abuse of power can lead to the victi...

I am tired of people saying that there are no good movies being made currently and that the best cinema was back in the 50’s & 60’s. Ok,...