"The recipe for Blade is quite simple; you take one part Batman, one part horror flick, and two parts kung fu and frost it all over with some truly campy acting. What do you get? An action flick that will reaffirm your belief that the superhero action genre did not die in the fluorescent hands of Joel Schumacher. Blade is the story of a ruthless and supreme vampire slayer (Wesley Snipes) who makes other contemporary slayers (Buffy et al. ..."
"Zum Tanzen im Dunkeln verurteilt ist in diesem erstaunlichen, modernen Melo-Musical des dänischen Filmemachers Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves) der isländische Popstar Björk als erblindende Fabrikarbeiterin Selma: Sie schuftet Doppelschicht in einer kleinstädtischen Fabrik, um das Geld für die Operation ihres kleinen Sohnes zusammenzukratzen, dem ohne den teuren Eingriff das gleiche Schicksal wie ihr droht: zu erblinden. Vor dem bedr ..."
"WWII spy comedy. An American army officer (Matt LeBlanc) leads a mismatched team of British Special Services who must go in disguise as women and infiltrate a female-run Enigma factory in Berlin and bring back the decoding device that will end the war. The team, with the exception of one member who happens to be a drag performer (Eddie Izzard), must learn the basic skills for completing their mission, like walking in heels and applying ..."
"From the sleepy winters of Helinski to the high-rises of New York, the Cold War is over but satellites still watch your every move and can trace converstation. Harry is a veteran CIA agent who wants to get out of the double life he is leading. Natasha works for the KGB and is trying to leave the Russian underworld for the American Dream. They keep their love affair under wraps, carefully planning secret rendezvous behind closed doors. W ..."
"A profound love story about two outsiders, LEA is the tale of a beautiful Slovak girl from a rural area who reluctantly marries a German antiques restorer 30 years her senior. The relationship seems doomed, but gradually the two outsiders discover each other’s inner core, because they share a painful past. Though they began their relationship in silence, they gradually learn to speak a common language. Fear turns to passion in a film th ..."
"Lars von Trier claimed to be in psychic communication with the late Carl Theodor Dreyer (The Passion of Joan of Arc), on whose screenplay the film is based, during the shooting. This brilliantly original exploration of the dark passions of a woman scorned unfolds in shimmering North Sea marshlands and gloomy subterranean passageways. Von Trier (Dancer in the Dark) has created a haunting work of mythic realism. Loosely adapted from the p ..."
"Der New Yorker Polizeidetektiv Mike Reilly (Stephen Dorff) und Terry Huston (Natasha McElhone) von der Gesundheitsbehörde ermitteln in einem mysteriösen Fall, bei dem die Opfer allesamt mit angstverzerrtem Gesichtausdruck und blutenden Augen aufgefunden werden. Bald finden die beiden heraus, dass die Internetsite "feardotcom" mit den Morden im direkten Zusammenhang steht. Mit Haunted Hill feierte Regisseur William Malone einen veritabl ..."
"All the Queen's Men has the makings of a broad comedy--in particular, it features men in dresses. At the height of World War II, American agent Matt LeBlanc (Lost in Space, the TV series Friends) leads an oddball team behind enemy lines to steal a Nazi code-making machine; the trick is, the factory where the machines are made is entirely staffed by women, and so the team has to go in drag. But despite this seemingly farcical premi ..."
"Campbell's soup cans, drug addicts-turned-celebrities and a Day-Glo Marilyn Monroe: these are some of the groundbreaking images from Andy Warhol's artistic vision. This program offers the definitive look at the life and creative world of a revolutionary who influenced the 20th century in everything from painting to film to music. Capturing the essence of Warhol's strobe-lit, amphetamine- fueled 60s "scene" are rare audiotapes and f ..."
"LAST MINUTE is a dark comedy that exudes a well-defined feeling of outlandish exaggeration and startling truth in one smoothly paced motion. Directed by Stephen Norrington (BLADE) and set in London, it is the story of Billy Byrne (Max Beesley), a self-obsessed up-and-coming star. Working as an artist, Billy is on the verge of fame, with his girlfriend and his friends firmly behind him. However, when his moment of glory comes to an abrup ..."
"Shadow of the Vampire is a film full of good ideas that are only partially developed. Clever, engaging, and boosted by the sublime casting of Willem Dafoe as Nosferatu "actor" Max Schreck, its premise is ripe with possibilities but the movie's too slight to register much impact: characters remain achingly underdeveloped and the whole lacks a sense of pace or structure. What's left, however, is enough for anyone to get their teeth into: ..."
"Clever, engaging, and boosted by the sublime casting of Willem Dafoe as Nosferatu actor Max Schreck, Shadow of the Vampire is a film full of good ideas that are only partially developed. Its premise is ripe with possibilities, but the movie's too slight to register much impact, so you're left to relish its delightful performances and director E. Elias Merhige's affectionately tongue-in-cheek homage to a landmark of German silent cinema. ..."
"Maverick filmmaker Paul Morrissey's Flesh for Frankenstein reevaluates the horror film, infusing it with satiric wit and sexuality. Morrissey's tale of the mad Baron Frankenstein and his perverse creative urges was heavily edited upon initial release; Criterion presents the restored director's cut-fully intact after 25 years-in a new widescreen transfer. "
"Filming on Blood for Dracula began on location in Italy on the same day that filming of Flesh for Frankenstein ended, and knowing this enhances one's appreciation of director Paul Morrissey's delightfully twisted--and defiantly artistic--approach to violent, campy horror. Originally titled Andy Warhol's Frankenstein and Andy Warhol's Dracula, both films are blessed by Morrissey's opulent visual style (he and his Italian cinematographer ..."
Rosemarie Trockel Pro Test (German and English Edition) by Rosemarie Trockel, UdoKier Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 1999 by Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig ISBN-13: 978-3-88375-604-2, ISBN: 3-88375-604-0
"Michael Buthe (1944-1994) war schon zu seinen Lebzeiten eine Legende. Der Orient, seine Menschen und Spiritualität hatten sowohl auf Buthes Werk als auch auf sein Leben einen prägenden Einfluss. Köln und Marrakesch waren die beiden Pole, zwischen denen sich der Künstler bewegte. Ingvild Goetz lernte Buthe in den 1970er-Jahren in Köln kennen, freundete sich mit ihm an und begleitete sein Schaffen bis zu seinem frühen Tod. Nach minimalist ..."