Depicting the biography of a corrupt banker poses a cinematic dilemma. How can the intentions of an individual systematic contexts and historical eventualities be brought into harmony? Thomas Furhapters nearly one hour film Michael Berger Eine Hysterie turns this problem outward by not covering up the moment of speculation. The subject of the film, Austrian investment banker Michael Berger, who became a dollar millionaire through a risky hedge fund, remains a chimera an absent individual who also cannot be captured through his crime.
This biographical film examines the multitalented personality of Karel Čapek and the context behind ...

While visiting his native country to shoot his first live-action film (PHI 1.618), animation filmmak...
Klaus Kinski is one of the few German actors who has achieved international fame. He made headlines....

Charlotte Gainsbourg looks at her mother Jane Birkin in a way she never did, overcoming a sense of r...

An odyssey through Beethoven’s lasting presence and influence in our modern world – viewed through t...
Forty four years ago, it seemed like a good idea to build a squat, concrete motel in downtown Columb...

Looney Tunes Friz Freleng appears in interview segments in this excellent documentary, which spends ...

Gene Kelly is a legend of the heyday of the Hollywood musical. His name stands for masterpieces such...

Fierlinger concentrates his considerable talents as an animator to recount through fragmented memori...

Georgian director Otar Iosseliani prepares his film Jardins en Automne. Nothing is conventional in t...

An in-depth portrait of British composer, pianist and singer Elton John, pop star and myth of modern...

The world’s museums are closed. What are you missing? Take a real-time walk through the Louvre tow...

Born into a family of actors, Françoise Dorléac, Catherine Deneuve's older sister, began her career ...

Director James Toback takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the life of Mike Tyson--almost so...

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

A story about the unorthodox life of the groundbreaking Swedish journalist and author Ester Blenda N...

A boy from Vila do Conde records a love letter on a cassette. His voice blends with music, archive i...

A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder