The first images of Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon,” a film shot in a delicately lambent palette suggestive of old gelatin silver prints, is of a shrub-ringed meadow, a horse and rider approaching steadily from the horizon. Set in the peaceful period just before Germany’s entry into World War I, it seems poised to offer [...]
To say that Quentin Tarantino is a movie fan is a bit like saying Paris Hilton likes attention — it’s not only obvious but a gross understatement. Whether you like his work or not, this high school dropout-turned video clerk-turned cinéaste-turned auteur makes wholly unique films. But the paradox is that virtually every scene he [...]
British director, Duncan Jones, will follow up his debut feature, the surprise indie sci-fi hit “Moon,” with another sci-fi thriller-mystery called “Mute.” It will be set in Berlin at a variety of locations, including at Studio Babelsberg, and will be a UK-German co-production. Speaking to Screen Daily about the project, Jones said: “it will definitely [...]
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