…for her opportunity. “In other hands, BARBARA could have wound up a very self-aware black comedy; it’s got the structure of a movie where a big-city hotshot learns to stop,…
…The cinematography was wonderful. I loved the way certain objects, animals and people were framed in scenes. Along with the beautiful alpine and German farm town scenes, you get a…
…in some other way. They were just fed up. “How did CANARY try their patience? Well, to start, it opens with a scene of people speaking unsubtitled German, with no…
…moving to Turkey where he buys a German bookstore. Meanwhile, Yeter’s daughter Ayten, who has been living in Turkey, finds herself illegally in Germany after the dissident group she is…
…from its insistence that we like Oscar early on. I’m sure that we’re supposed to be coming to a more complete understanding of him or seeing him as growing because…
…telling the tale of a young German woman who came to Minnesota in the 1920’s as part of an arranged marriage. The trouble is, everyone in rural Minnesota is expecting…
…forces that occupied their village during World War II. “Art world stories often are unimaginative and dull on screen. The magic of the art does not come through. Barbara Hammer,…
…not effectively integrated into the film. Debbie’s character is around to warn Claire away from Jack, but when Claire’s downfall truly begins, Debbie is nowhere in sight. An undercover cop…
…in her own life, and has produced visually dazzling results. A combination of computer animation and traditional animation along with the wonderful songs of 1920’s recording artist Annette Hanshaw combine…