Posts mit dem Tag ‘Tribeca’
Tribeca: The strange, but fitting “Ballad of Genesis P. Orridge and Lady Jaye”
The marriage of Genesis P. Orridge and Lady Jaye might be one of the strangest in rock history. After their wedding the couple tried to become a “pandrogynous” being, two persons who are so similar to each other they might be one. The romance ended tragic – Lady Jaye died a few years ago because [...]
(weiter)Tribeca: “The Bleeding House” – don’t let strangers in, not even Christians
A family with a dark history, which should rather be left alone, a house far away from the next city, a person whose car broke down on the road and who needs a place to stay – this of course is the perfect setting for some chills and kills. And killings you will see a [...]
(weiter)Tribeca: “Detachment” – a bleak look on today’s schools in the United States
Is this really the state of the education system in the United States? Children don’t care, parents blame teachers for their own failures, and government officials care more about business than helping children, while teachers are burning down. Tony Kaye definitely paints a bleak picture of schools in his movie “Detachment” which premiered at the [...]
(weiter)Tribeca: “Beyond the Black Rainbow” is the most stunning movie at the festival (or the most boring)
Yes, I will try to explain what “Beyond The Black Rainbow” is about later in this review. But no – you definitely shouldn’t read that paragraph in case you are still planning on seeing Panos Cosmatos’ fascinating debut feature which has its international premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. Go and make sense and of [...]
(weiter)Tribeca: “Rabies / Kalevet” – these woods bring out the worst in you!
Something is wrong with these woods – something brings the worst out of people in here. We just don’t know what it is. And maybe even the two directors of “Kalevet” (rabies), Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, which is shown at the Tribeca Film Festival don’t have a clue about “it”. But it sure hurts! [...]
(weiter)Tribeca: Ozzy Osbourne, the rock star. And the family man? Not so much
Considering the Ozzy Osbourne overkill in the media within the last decade, it would be no surprise if you give “God Bless Ozzy Osbourne” a pass. Especially if you know that Jack Osbourne, Ozzy’s son, is the producer of this documentary which premiered on Sunday at the Tribeca Film Festival. What shall we expect? Another [...]
(weiter)Tribeca: “Klitschko” von Sebastian Dehnhardt ist kein K.O.-Sieg
Die Klitschko-Brüder sind mit Sicherheit nicht die größten Boxer aller Zeiten – sie gehören aber zu den (körperlich) größten und dominieren auch deswegen die Schwergewichtsszene seit einigen Jahren. Vitali und Wladimir Klitschko sind dabei ein Phänomen: zwei Ukrainer, die in Deutschland so beliebt sind wie keine anderen Boxer. Die Dokumentation “Klitschko” von Sebastian Dehnhardt über [...]
(weiter)Tribeca: “Semper Fi” – one marine fights the system (the Department of Defense)
Jerry Ensminger is not your typical environmentalist. Nor does the patriotic ex-marine, who loves hunting, seem to be the kind of guy who fights for health insurance. But maybe it needs a stubborn person like him to fight the system – especially if the system is the Department of Defense. Rachel Libert and Tony Hardmon [...]
(weiter)Tribeca: “The Trip” – Michael Winterbottom’s comedy shows Britain’s culinary highlights (yes, they exist!)
Michael Winterbottom is easily one of the best – if not the best – directors in Britain in the last two decades. He won the Berlinale with “In This World” and should have won a Golden Bear for “Road to Guantanamo”. Winterbottom is a regular in Berlin as well as the Tribeca Film Festival, where [...]
(weiter)Tribeca: “L’Assaut” – a grim, breathless action movie about a real terror attack
Christmas 1994: 4 Algerian extremists, members of the terror group GIA, hijack an Air France plane on its way from Algier to Paris. This attack has a similar meaning to France as the hijacking of the “Landshut”, the Lufthansa plane, in 1977 for Germany. It could have turned into an attack not unlike 9/11 seven [...]
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