A Berlinale Film Festival movie review of 45 Years — a film about a trip that never ended and how that affects the decisions we make
Films
A recent movie made me realize the importance of lost travel memories – remembering old trips and the things we saw may not seem so important until later
Notes from the 2014 Berlinale – the 64th annual Berlin Film Festival, including what the international film festival means to me & my movie reviews
My review of the TIFF Toronto International Film Festival 2012 where I saw two documentaries: Love, Marilyn and Jared Leto’s Artifact
Reflecting on big-city life as a 20-something living abroad in Berlin. Is this the life I wanted and what does it all mean?
I’ve pretty much spent the past week hanging out in a theater seat. It was the Berlinale / Berlin International Film Festival here for the past 10 days, and thanks to some friends who sorted out my tickets, I managed to see four different films. Here’s my recap: Dictado / “Childish Games” There was a …
I recently visited the Museum für Film und Fernsehen (Museum of Film & Television) here in Berlin. The museum covers a massive range of topics on the history of cinema in Germany. I particularly enjoyed parts from the permanent exhibit about German cinema during Nazi rule (the “National Socialist State”). I found one story in …
So by now you probably know that I’m fairly well connected to the online world. Twitter and Facebook are useful tools and they’ve helped me out a lot while traveling. But at the same time, there’s a bit of taunting going on. Every now and then something shows up repeatedly in Twitter and I don’t …
Okay, so I just saw Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. I’m sure a lot of people are going to be frustrated with the artistic liberty taken with the script, but I did end up enjoying the movie. Visually, it was pretty stunning. The 3D wasn’t entirely necessary, but I won’t complain. It definitely didn’t strain …