The Oldenburg Film Festival is showing around 50 short and feature films this year. These include world and German premieres, announced a spokesperson for the event. The festival, which focuses on independent film, is being organized for the 31st time. News Z+ (subscription required content); “Riefenstahl” at the Venice Film Festival: Cinematic cross-examination Z+ (subscription … Read more
Lidokino 5: Justin Kurzel’s action thriller “The Order” is about Nazi terror in the USA. It is based on a true story. It all starts with a radio broadcast. Not as a cause, but that’s how the film’s story begins. The presenter Alan Berg, who works for a station in Denver, speaks to a caller … Read more
The director needed visual inspiration beyond the work written by JRR Tolkien Renowned writer JRR Tolkien imagined a series of characters and fantastic worlds that he gave great personality to, without thinking that one day someone would decide to bring them to the big screen. Halflings, elves, dwarves, orcs… Tolkien’s work includes all the kinds … Read more
With the six-time Oscar-winning film “La La Land”, the Monday cinema is looking forward to autumn on September 2nd with a lively, musical open-air cinema evening. This time, however, the film will be shown on the Nesselberg in the spa park. Association continues film series in autumn The film opened the competition at the 73rd … Read more
Remember that every comment is a report about the commenter.Thank you for your comments. Who knows where Lukáš Vaculík’s career would have gone if the director Jaroslav Soukup had not taken a liking to him and made him the star of several films aimed mainly at a young audience. After the role of the naughty … Read more
Lars Henrik Gass directed the Oberhausen Short Film Festival for almost 27 years. After a call for solidarity with Israel, activists initiated a boycott. Now Gass is leaving. In an interview, he explains how campaigns controlled by anti-democratic groups work in the cultural world today. Most recently, the director of the Oberhausen Short Film Festival, … Read more
Lars Henrik Gass directed the Oberhausen Short Film Festival for almost 27 years. After a call for solidarity with Israel, activists initiated a boycott. Now Gass is leaving. In an interview, he explains how campaigns controlled by anti-democratic groups work in the cultural world today. Most recently, the director of the Oberhausen Short Film Festival, … Read more
Observer’s observation: Tim Fehlbaum’s award-winning film about the Olympic attack touches on questions of media and morality at the Venice Film Festival. “Are those gunshots? Were those shots?” – actually, this is no longer a question, but rather an incredulous astonishment from the very first moment; the questioner, a Frenchman working for the US news … Read more
Film music concert by the Májovák Symphony Wind Orchestra, August 30, 2024, Karviná. | Video: Diary/Lukáš Kaboň A selection of the most beautiful film music was played here, which acquired the right electrifying atmosphere in the early evening. Listeners could enjoy tunes from famous films such as The Brave Seven, James Bond, Mission Impossible, Star … Read more
Angelina Jolie calls the film Maria, which had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this Thursday, the most challenging role of her career. In it, the 49-year-old Oscar winner plays the Greek soprano Maria Callas, one of the greatest opera stars of all time. The American girl learned opera singing because of it. … Read more