Movies

12 Years a Slave

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The film manages to grab you on a deep emotional level. I felt like I was myself loosing my freedom to become a slave. Part of why the film works so well is the impeccable acting of Chiwetel Ejiofor, who is able to show with quiet facial expression how awful one feels losing what we today [Read More]
Movies, Phantasy

Her

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This is a love story, a kind that you have never seen before. Spike Jonze has created a cinematic event that you should not miss. Just as in Being John Malkovich, Jonze explores deeply philosophical themes by imagining a world where the software that is presently driving Siri (Apple’s iPhone intelligent assistant) has become so [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Of Gods and Men

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Oh, French films, what a hit and miss affair. Of Men and Gods chronicles the faith of seven French monks, who staff a small monastery in Algeria. As militant groups start killing people, the monks ponder whether they should stay and continue the work in the Muslim country. Even when government official become concerned [Read More]
Drama, Movies

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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Would The Secret Life of Walter Mitty appeal to a teenage audience? Or can you even bring your kids and they would enjoy themselves? I don’t think so. To connect with this film, you need to be a bit older and have developed the sometimes unsettling sense that your dreams my not come true. I [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Philomena

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50 years Philomena kept a secret from her entire family. When she was 18 and without any knowledge how babies are made she “ate the forbidden fruit” after meeting a boy at a country fair. In Catholic Ireland of the 1950s girls like her would be routinely sent to a convent where the child would [Read More]
Diary, Documentary, Drama, Movies

Helmut Schmidt turns 95

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On the occasion on his 95th birthday (23. December 1918), German public television produced and televised a docudrama of the life of the former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Lebensfragen (The big questions of life) is based on a long interview and the reenactment of the highlights of Schmidt’s life. The interview was conducted by the [Read More]
Comedy, Drama, Movies

Argo

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Argo chronicles an amazing rescue operation that the CIA orchestrated during the Iran hostage crisis. I don’t want to spoil the fun of watching this film and hence I do not want to reveal what marvelous ploy the CIA came up with to get a few diplomats out of Iran. The film starts with a [Read More]
Documentary, Drama, Movies

Waiting for Superman

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It would be inappropriate to call Waiting for Superman a documentary about the causes of America’s failing schools. Think of it as a promotional film to get you to join the movement to demand changes to American schools. And what a promotional film it is Davis Guggenheim is a master of using the medium to promote [Read More]
Drama, Movies

American Hustle

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David Russel, the director and co-writer of American Hustle is my Santa for this year. He made me a wonderul X-mas present last night. American Hustle wonderfully recreates the look and feel of the late 1970s in New York City. Russel tries to say something deep about American life while at the same time giving [Read More]