Agnes and His Brothers
June 6th, 2006
Horny librarians, tragic transsexuals, and suburban maniacs: in writer-director Oskar Roehler’s farce, Cologne is populated with freakishly exaggerated characters. Agnes and His Brothers, with Moritz Bleibtreu, Martin Weiss, Katja Rieman and Herbert Knaup, opens on Friday. Read Jürgen’s review.
Closer
June 2nd, 2006
Not bad at all, even though Natalie doesn’t take it all off. Clive Owen has the best line: “You writer!“
Pandora’s Box
June 1st, 2006
Louise Brooks is incredible in GW Pabst’s lurid 1929 tale of a revue dancer, based on the Wedekind play. The plot lost me a bit in the end, but man, the first hour is perfection. Film Forum is about to show a restored version with live piano accompaniment. Read Jürgen’s review
A Nos Amours
June 1st, 2006
Maurice Pialat acts in & directs this 1983 film. Starts as by-now familiar french coming-of-age story; Suzanne (Sandrine Bonnaire) sleeping around etc., but in the last act, it turns into more of the story of her dysfunctional family. Some terrifically uncomfortable screaming fights. Criterion is releasing this soon.
