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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Five
23 December 2009 10:10 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Opens: 2010
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, Max Minghella, Emma Booth, Lee Ingleby
Director: Beeban Kidron
Summary: Follows the love story of Oz editor Richard Neville and Louise Ferrier. Neville and his cohorts launch the London edition of Oz amidst the 1960s counterculture and are subsequently put on trial for distributing a sexually explicit issue.
Analysis: One of the most troubled productions in Working Title's history, 'Hippie' began development back in 1998 but failed to get beyond script stage both in 1999 and in 2002 when "Elizabeth" helmer Shekhar Kapur was attached to direct. Filming finally got underway late 2007 with director Beeban Kidron in charge and shooting seemed to proceed without issue aside from feminist author Germaine Greer being vehemently unhappy about being depicted on film.
Actually the film scored quite a bit of free press for a skinny dipping scene where full-frontal shots of actress Sienna Miller shooting the sequence »
- Garth Franklin
Strand Offer Refuge to Gallenberger's 'John Rabe'
12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
Adding to their collection of films picked off from Berlin, Strand Releasing have acquired the U.S. rights to Florian Gallenberger's John Rabe - a big budget German feature that looks at the Nanjing massacre of 37-38 from a Schindler's List perspective. - Adding to their collection of films picked off from Berlin, Strand Releasing have acquired the U.S. rights to Florian Gallenberger's John Rabe - a big budget German feature that looks at the Nanjing massacre of 37-38 from a Schindler's List perspective. Winner of a four awards at the Golden Lolas (Germany's Academy Awards), this will be a perfect compliment/companion piece to the 2010 release of Lu Chaun's City of Life and Death. Strand is planning a Spring release. With popular Germans thesps Ulrich Tukur and Daniel Bruhl on board, this is a story about a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the massacre. »
- Ioncinema.com Staff
John Rabe Review
1 December 2009 11:08 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
The big winner at this year's German Film Awards was Florian Gallenberger's "John Rabe". The film, which tells the story of how a German industrialist saved 200.000 Chinese civilians during the Nanjing massacres in 1937, got 4 of the statues (endearingly called the LOLAs) including "best picture" and "best actor".
But while I don't have a problem with actor Ulrich Tukur getting awards for his performance as John Rabe, the movie as a whole will not get much praise from me. While Gallenberger's first full-length feature film at times approaches greatness, an overabundance of "Hollywoodisms" badly mar it.
I'll elaborate, but first..:
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Strand Gives “John” U.S. Home
2 October 2009 11:13 AM, PDT | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »
U.S. rights to Academy Award winner Florian Gallenberger’s historical drama “John Rabe” have been picked up by Strand Releasing. The German-French-Chinese co-production is based on the diaries of John Rabe who was known as the “Schindler of China” because of his role in rescuing 200,000 civilians during the Nanking Massacre. Strand’s Jon Gerrans negotiated the deal with Beta Cinema’s Dirk Schuerhoff. The company plans a spring 2010 release. Set in Nanking … »
Viff 2009: Guest Directors Attending
27 September 2009 11:43 AM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »
The 28th annual Vancouver International Film Festival (Viff) will be held October 1-16, 2009. Founded in 1982, Viff's mandate is "...to encourage the understanding of other nations through the art of cinema, to foster the art of cinema, to facilitate the meeting in British Columbia of cinema professionals from around the world and to stimulate the motion picture industry in British Columbia and Canada..." Over 150,000 people are expected to attend 640 screenings of 360 films from 80 countries. Here is an up-to-date list of directors, confirmed to attend Viff 2009, along with their films : "1428" Du Haibin "1999" Lenin Sivam "65_RedRoses" Philip Lyall & Nimisha Mukerji "Adelaide" Liliana Greenfield-Sanders "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector" Vikram Jayanti "Ana & Arthur" Larry Young "The Anchorage" Anders Edström & Curtis Winter "Antoine" Laura Bari "Argippo Resurrected" Dan Krames "The Art of Drowning" Diego Maclean "At Home By Myself... With You" Kris Booth "At The Edge Of The World" Dan Stone »
"Barah Aana is a reflection of life" - Tannishtha Chatterjee
4 September 2009 12:05 AM, PDT | Bollyspice | See recent Bollyspice news »
Tannishtha Chatterjee is truly an international actress and has made her presence known not only in Hindi cinema but also in German, Bengali, Indo-French and English films. She was critically acclaimed for her performance as Masha in the German/Bengali film Schatten der Zeit (Shadows of Time) starring opposite Irrfan Khan. In 2007 she was nominated at the British Independent Film Awards for her work in Brick Lane. The actress has worked with a multitude of directors including Florian Gallenberger, Subrata Sen, Sarah Gavron, Dev Benegal and Raja Menon. In fact she was seen in Raja Menon's first film Bas Yun Hi and in his most recent film the critically praised Barah Aana. Though in a relatively small role she makes quite an impact and is brilliant as Rani in the film. She recently talked with BollySpice about her work in the different film industries as well as all about Barah Aana. »
2009 Lola Winners
24 April 2009 9:54 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Inspired by real-life events, the World War II drama John Rabe won the 2009 German Film Academy’s Lola for best film. Directed by Florian Gallenberger, John Rabe tells the story of a German businessman (best actor winner Ulrich Tukur) credited with saving more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing (then Nanking) massacre of 1937-38. Additionally, John Rabe, which has been a box-office disappointment in Germany, won Lolas for best production design (Tu Ju Hua) and best costume design (Lisy Christl). I believe it’s safe to say that Gallenberger’s film will be Germany’s submission for the 2010 best foreign-language film Academy Award. And that it’ll land an Oscar nomination. The best director Lola went to Andreas Dresen for the popular Cloud 9, in which veteran actress Ursula Werner plays a sixty-something married woman who rediscovers love and sex outside of home. Özgür Yildirim’s feature-film debut, Chiko, a gangster »
- Massimo David
German Film Academy Awards - Lola 2009
24 April 2009 5:34 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
German Film Academy Awards - Lola 2009 2009 German Film Academy Award nominations: March 13, 2009 2009 German Film Academy Award winners: Berlin, April 24, 2009 (”*” denotes the winner in each category) John Rabe, starring Ulrich Tukur. Best film The Baader Meinhof Complex, director Uli Edel Chiko, director Ozgur Yildirim A Year Ago in Winter, director Caroline Link Jerichow, director Christian Petzold * John Rabe, director Florian Gallenberger Cloud 9, director Andreas Dresen Silver Lola: A Year Ago in Winter Bronze Lola: Cloud 9 Best Documentary Lenin kam nur bis Ludenscheid, director Andre Schafer * NoBody’s Perfect, director Niko von Glasow Best Children or youth film Lilly the Witch, director Stefan Ruzowitzky * Nothing Else Matters, director Julia von Heinz Best Director * Andreas Dresen for Cloud 9 Uli Edel for The Baader Meinhof Complex Florian Gallenberger for John Rabe Christian Petzold for Jerichow Best Actress Anne Maria [...] »
- Massimo David
8 articles from 2009
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