"For a biographical abstract of Christopher Maclaine, try the famous first lines of Allen Ginsberg's Howl," suggests Max Goldberg in the San Francisco Bay Guardian. "For greater precision, observe
Nobody Wants to Play With Me (1976) is a Werner Herzog short which seems to have been produced for some public education scheme to encourage kids to play nice. I think it means to be cute, but of course
0639 Caves of Forgotten Dreams (Werner Herzog, USA) If you’ve been waiting for a truly creative, for a truly auteur use of 3-D, here it is. (And now maybe we can forget about
"Cave of Forgotten Dreams looks at the marvels inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, a setting nature preserved so perfectly that cave paintings from nearly 30,000 years ago have suffered little
For the New York Times' AO Scott, the "salient question is this: Will any of the movies surfacing this fall provoke the kind of conversation that television series routinely do, breaking beyond
The heart of 78-year-old actor, painter and musician Bruno Schleinstein has failed him, reports the German Press Agency. From the Wikipedia entry: "Schleinstein was spotted by director Werner Herzog
There's no reason you can't be playful and serious at the same time. Made last year as part of Futurestates series of short videos, Ramin Bahrani's Plastic Bag can now be watched for free online. This
An interview with the director upon the release of The Bad Lieutenant and My Son, My Son.
Following a roundup of reviews of films opening this weekend, a look ahead at some of the titles rolling out through Christmas, including, of course, the season's big event movie. "Philadelphia for
"The German" is returning to Germany. Even if only for a couple of weeks. "Werner Herzog, one of the most important filmmakers of Auteur Cinema, will be the President of the International Jury at the
Above: The American man, Nicholas Cage in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call: New Orleans. The potential seems grand—what Kinski is to the Amazon, Bruno S. is to Wisconsin…Nicholas Cage is to
"Following so hot on the heels of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans that the latter's shoe leather will be scuffed," begins Leslie Felperin in Variety, "Werner Herzog's My Son, My Son