Tribeca: „Semper Fi“ – one marine fights the system (the Department of Defense)

Keine Kommentare | Beitrag vom 24.04.2011

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 […]

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Tribeca: „The Trip“ – Michael Winterbottom’s comedy shows Britain’s culinary highlights (yes, they exist!)

Keine Kommentare | Beitrag vom 22.04.2011

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 […]

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Tribeca: „L’Assaut“ – a grim, breathless action movie about a real terror attack

Keine Kommentare | Beitrag vom 22.04.2011

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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Tribeca: „Sint“ – Dick Maas shows the real Santa Claus, a bloodthirsty bishop

Keine Kommentare | Beitrag vom 21.04.2011

So you still think that Santa Claus is a nice man who appears every year and gives children chocolate and other gifts? Oh – you actually believe he doesn’t exist at all? Well, think again. Dick Maas shows the real saint in „Sint“, a violent, brutal bishop who might take your kid away. „Sint“ will […]

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Tribeca Film Festival startet in New York mit Cameron Crowes Film über Elton John

Keine Kommentare | Beitrag vom 21.04.2011

Bereits jetzt dominiert „One World Trade Center“ New Yorks Downtown. In einigen Monaten soll das dunkel-funkelnde Gebäude am „Ground Zero“ das höchste Bauwerk Amerikas sein. Von hier sind es nur einige Minuten Fußweg bis zum Hauptquartier des Tribeca Film Festivals, untergebracht in einem alten Backsteingebäude. Doch so unterschiedlich die Architektur ist, so sehr sind Film […]

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