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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
While the impact of such contemporaries as Nelson Mandela on the events of the 20th century is firmly established in the public mind, the crucial role played the architect of glasnost is in danger of being overlooked At the Brandenburg Gate tomorrow evening in Berlin, one of the defining figures of the last century's history will sit down to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin...
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GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
In celebration of Criterion's deluxe double-DVD and Blu-ray treatment of Wings of Desire , my Benten Films partner-in-crime Andrew Grant and I rewatched Wim Wenders ' 1987 masterpiece (and pored over the bonus features) to discuss the film's elusive magic and why a work so specific to East-West German tensions has aged so gracefully. Andrew reminisces about spending time in Berlin around the time...
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SHADOWPLAY (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
On December 13, 1975, forty-two people departed for a crocodile hunt on the island of Java. Twenty-eight men, fourteen women. They rented two boats and, loaded with provisions, proceeded along a river. After reaching the place, a pool of water at the foot of a towering and sinister cliff, the crocodiles overturned their boats and they [...]
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Smart Money (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
New releases that will stand the test of evolving tastes.
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Last night in Berlin, it wasAchtung Babyone more time.
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France 24 (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
German director Wim Wenders and his wife Donata are showing more than 100 of their photographs taken over the past 14 years at an exhibition in Madrid that opened Wednesday. The exhibition includes scenes from many of his movies and from filming breaks since 1995, when Donata began work as his photography director. The photos by Wenders, who made "Paris, Texas" and "Wings of Desire",...
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This is That (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
From Wim Wenders' 1986 treatment for Wings of Desire . At first it’s not possible to describe anything beyond a wish or a desire. That’s how it begins, making a film, writing a book, painting a picture, composing a tune, generally creating something. You have a wish.
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RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire is able to capture your attention despite its sparing plot for the main reason you know its about something even if that something takes its sweet time in fully revealing itself. The film follows two guardian angels, Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander), as they watch over humanity from [...]
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Mark McNulty Photography (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Cuban legends the Buena Vista Social Club played The Phil in Liverpool on Saturday and I got to shoot the whole show which makes a nice change as a lot of gigs are shot from the the same point at...
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DVD Times (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
News: Axiom Films have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of Lisbon Story on 9th November 2009 priced at £15.99 RRP. This 1994 drama from Wim Wenders comes to UK DVD with the following features:1.66:1English/Portuguese/German DD2.0 Stereo with optional ...
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DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Roger Ebert has commented that once the summer blockbuster season is over, true cinema fans get treated to a...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Buddy & Julie Miller Grammy nominated Nashville-based husband-and-wife roots-rockers/songwriters Buddy & Julie Miller whipped up some magic to relish this year. Buddy's masterful multi-instrumentalism...
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Collin Kelley...Modern Confessional (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Two of the greatest films ever made -- both by Wim Wenders -- are being released by The Criterion Collection. Wings of Desire is out Nov. 3 and it was just announced that Paris, Texas will be released in Jan. 26.
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Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Saturday Night At The Movies Wild child, full of grace By Dennis Hartley Pathos, on a cliff by the sea: Where the Wild Things Are Shilo, when I was young I used to call your name When no one else would come Shilo, you always came and we'd play -from “Shiloh” by Neil Diamond Childhood is a magical time. Well, at least until the Death of Innocence…whenever that is supposed to occur....
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Some Came Running (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
A typically haunted image from what may be Wim Wenders' most haunted film, the eerie tale of a cursed film. 1982's The State of Things. The subject of this week's Foreign Region DVD Report, at The Auteurs'.
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