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Cinematical (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
I don't remember who made me sit down and watch Wim Wenders' Buena Vista Social Club , but the moment I did, I was enamored. It wasn't so much that I loved the cinema; frankly, I remember nothing about it, even if it did earn itself an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary. I was smitten with the history and subject. Watching the film is a multi-layered experience. There's the setting -- the...
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Vinyl Is Heavy (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
by Ryland Walker Knight — Beaming and leaning Last Year at Marienbad [Alain Resnais, 1961] # I could watch this movie a million times. A lot funnier than I remembered, though I remembered it being funny, I think. Another reason to own a Blu-ray player, no doubt. I wrote a smarter, funnier response over here . City of Sadness [Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1989] Not quite the emotional experience I'd expected,...
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Wooster Collective (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
In commemoration of the Berlin Wall coming down on Nov 9 1989 we thought we'd share this story about John Fekner. In 1986, Fekner spent time in Berlin as part of an invitation group exhibition featuring collaborations by New York and German artists. He visited East Germany entering through Checkpoint Charlie; the visit left a strong impression on Fekner, and subsequently, the work he created while...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
While the impact of such contemporaries as Nelson Mandela on the events of the 20th century is firmly established in the public mind, the crucial role played the architect of glasnost is in danger of being overlooked At the Brandenburg Gate tomorrow evening in Berlin, one of the defining figures of the last century's history will sit down to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin...
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GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
In celebration of Criterion's deluxe double-DVD and Blu-ray treatment of Wings of Desire , my Benten Films partner-in-crime Andrew Grant and I rewatched Wim Wenders ' 1987 masterpiece (and pored over the bonus features) to discuss the film's elusive magic and why a work so specific to East-West German tensions has aged so gracefully. Andrew reminisces about spending time in Berlin around the time...
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SHADOWPLAY (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
On December 13, 1975, forty-two people departed for a crocodile hunt on the island of Java. Twenty-eight men, fourteen women. They rented two boats and, loaded with provisions, proceeded along a river. After reaching the place, a pool of water at the foot of a towering and sinister cliff, the crocodiles overturned their boats and they [...]
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Smart Money (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
New releases that will stand the test of evolving tastes.
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France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
German director Wim Wenders and his wife Donata are showing more than 100 of their photographs taken over the past 14 years at an exhibition in Madrid that opened Wednesday. The exhibition includes scenes from many of his movies and from filming breaks since 1995, when Donata began work as his photography director. The photos by Wenders, who made "Paris, Texas" and "Wings of Desire",...
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This is That (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
From Wim Wenders' 1986 treatment for Wings of Desire . At first it’s not possible to describe anything beyond a wish or a desire. That’s how it begins, making a film, writing a book, painting a picture, composing a tune, generally creating something. You have a wish.
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RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire is able to capture your attention despite its sparing plot for the main reason you know its about something even if that something takes its sweet time in fully revealing itself. The film follows two guardian angels, Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander), as they watch over humanity from [...]
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Mark McNulty Photography (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Cuban legends the Buena Vista Social Club played The Phil in Liverpool on Saturday and I got to shoot the whole show which makes a nice change as a lot of gigs are shot from the the same point at...
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DVD Times (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
News: Axiom Films have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of Lisbon Story on 9th November 2009 priced at £15.99 RRP. This 1994 drama from Wim Wenders comes to UK DVD with the following features:1.66:1English/Portuguese/German DD2.0 Stereo with optional ...
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DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Roger Ebert has commented that once the summer blockbuster season is over, true cinema fans get treated to a...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Buddy & Julie Miller Grammy nominated Nashville-based husband-and-wife roots-rockers/songwriters Buddy & Julie Miller whipped up some magic to relish this year. Buddy's masterful multi-instrumentalism...
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Cat Bauer | 09/08/2008
(VENICE, ITALY) By now, you probably know that The Wrestler won the Golden Lion at La Biennele di Venezia 65. Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica, otherwise known as the 65th International Venice Film Festival. If you were to translate that word by word, it would look more like The Biennial of Venice 65 Exhibit International of the Art Cinematography. To add to the confusion, La Biennale,...
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