Who loves Nazis? Nobody. Except maybe other Nazis. That’s sort of the thrust of In the Fade, or part of its thrust: Polite society has no use for Nazis, but impolite people is okay with Nazis, and most of all, other Nazis are okay with other Nazis. Fatih Akin’s film is about a woman, played by … Continue reading
Complaining about a movie’s dullness or accusing a movie of pretension always makes me feel like a bad movie critic, but hey, when the shoe fits, right? Such is the case with Angela Schanelec’s new film, The Dreamed Path, another one of those “remote TIFF screeners” I was privileged to watch on behalf of The Playlist; … Continue reading
Who needs to go to the Toronto International Film Festival when you can just watch movies in competition remotely? Okay, fair answer: Me. I need to go. But I can’t, or I couldn’t, so instead my very awesome editors over at The Playlist gifted me with screeners, thus allowing me to be “part” of TIFF without the … Continue reading
“Boy, has The Tower been put through the wringer in the last 6 years. It began its life as a novel in 2008; was translated into a two-part television event in 2012; and now has had both of those halves stitched together into a theatrical release for American theaters in 2014. Did Uwe Tellkamp anticipate … Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 