Remember 30 ROCK? Reality is worse. “It’s just a fucking grind”, says one of the showrunners and man, does he mean it. SHOWRUNNERS is the title of Irish director Des Doyle‘s début documentary movie, and it is […]
Of course Rosamund Pyke and Ben Affleck are great in GONE GIRL, but how Gillian Flynn rewrote her own work really is an example on how to put a brilliant book into a script fit […]
“Is this a threat?” the soldier asks. “No”, says Eric: “A threat means something still is to happen.” In the world of THE ROVER the economy has already collapsed 10 years ago. People are literally down to eating […]
SVENSKJÄVEL is a beautiful film about some ugly truths. Like the condescension Norwegians might show towards Swedes, or men towards women, or employers towards employees. And we just might have our next Ingmar Bergman here, if […]
How do you explain the Internet? Explaining the virtual currency Bitcoin is fairly hard as well – but Director Nicholas Mross and co-author and editor Patrick Lope pulled it off, documenting the hype and the […]
Iceland in winter is dark and cold. People start to drink a lot and do strange stuff, even if they happen to be on a trip to Florida: Iceland is still in their hearts and […]
This absolutely riveting film from Spain was screened in the “San Sebastian Window” of Zurich Film Festival and it just won a best film and a runner up director’s award for Carlos Vermut at said San Sebastian Festival. Damián, the […]
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