Slow magic by Corvette Cassette
Month: April 2014
Shame
Shame is a 2011 British drama film cowritten and directed by Steve McQueen, starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan. It was coproduced by Film4 and See-Saw Films. The film’s explicit sexual scenes regarding sexual addiction resulted in it being rated… Continue Reading
Import/Export
Import/Export is an Austrian film by the director Ulrich Seidl from 2007. It was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix – Golden Apricot reward at the Yerevan International Film Festival.… Continue Reading
The black hole
The last goodbye by The Kills
Sonnenalle
Sonnenallee (Sun Avenue or Sun Alley) is a 1999 comedy film about life in East Berlin the late 1970s. The movie was directed by Leander Haußmann and it was released shortly before the corresponding novel, Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenalle (At the Shorter End of Sonnenallee).… Continue Reading
A – Z of dance
What people read in the tram
While riding the tram over the last weeks, I found myself observing what people read and decided to start a compilation of the different genres and authors found in the public transport. This is the first 5-book instalment:
Oh No Ono `Swim´
Alternate world by Son Lux
Zwei Mütter
Zwei Mütter (Two Mothers) is an intense exploration of the trials and tribulations a same sex couple encounters in their desire to become loving parents. Katja and Isabella are happily married and feel the time is right to have a… Continue Reading
The Model (Chapter One) by Seu Jorge and Almaz
I Killer
Starfield by The New Division
De rouille et d’os
De rouille et d’os (Rust and Bone) is a 2012 French-Belgian romantic drama directed by Jacques Audiard, starring Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts, based on Craig Davidson’s short story collection of the same name. It tells the story of an unemployed 25-year-old man who falls… Continue Reading