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Ballhaus makes US debut
What stories can be told about the real lives of migrants that go beyond the worn-out integration debates and stereotyped musings on identity and belonging – and how can these stories be brought to the […]
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Q`orianka Kilcher stars in “Princess Kaiulani”
“Princess Kaiulani” ist the inspiring true story of the most beloved Hawaiian royalty. Kaiulani was born in 1875 as the only child of Princess Miriam Likelike and Scotsman Archibald Cleghorn, and was destined to inherit […]
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Christoph Waltz to direct feature film
Austrian actor Christoph Waltz, whose career is red hot after winning the best supporting actor Oscar as a Nazi officer in “Inglorious Basterds,” will make his feature directing debut on the German-language movie “Auf Und […]
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Sandra Bullock gives one of best speeches ever
Sandra Bullock, who the day before accepted her Razzie Award, see her speech for yourself below, gave one of the best speeches ever. Moving, personal, acknowledging the other nominees, the role she won for and […]
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Oscar for Christoph Waltz and Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock and Christoph Waltz won an Oscar on March 7, 2010, first nomination and first win for both, Christoph Waltz, who had to give tons of award speeches this season already this season, gave […]
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Fritz Lang’s Metropolis goes “Back to the Future”
Fritz Lang’s film historical milestone Metropolis got a makeover and was screened during this year’s Berlinale in front Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate. Read what Kirk Honeycutt wrote for the Hollywood Reporter: Fritz Lang’s film gets a […]
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Scorsese, DiCaprio and Classic Films
On the occasion of the director’s fourth collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island, which hits theatres this weekend, he let the LA Times know which movies he let his cast and crew watch to set […]
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Exclusive: Arnold Schwarzenegger on Golden Globe victory for Austria:
In his first, exclusive reaction Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger congratulates his fellow Austrians to their achievement at the 67th Golden Globe Awards. Schwarzenegger himself won a Golden Globe in 1977 for Best Male Acting Debut in […]
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Austrian Christoph Waltz & Michael Haneke & German-American Sandra Bullock win Golden Globe
Herzlichen Glückwunsch to the 2010 Golden Globe Winners: Viennese Christoph Waltz for Inglorious Basterds, Austrian Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon and Half-German Sandra Bullock, who spoke German to her German family in the […]
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Guest Review – Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant
by Manuel Chavarria I’d all but given up on Werner Herzog as a feature director. Since 1987’s COBRA VERDE, his final collaboration with the great Klaus Kinski, Herzog’s fiction films have become few, far between, […]