"Dresden -- The Inferno" tells the story of how the architectural jewel in eastern Germany known as Florence on the Elbe was reduced to rubble within hours in the British and US bombing of Feb. 13-14, 1945. At least 35,000 people died, including hundreds of refugees who had … [Read more...] about Movie About Dresden Bombing Confronts Taboos
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Hollywood Helps Revive Berlin’s Former Movie Glory
Almost two decades after a popular uprising swept away the communist East German state, Berlin's film movie business is enjoying something of a renaissance. US director Quentin Tarantino jetted into the German capital this month to begin laying the ground for the shooting of a … [Read more...] about Hollywood Helps Revive Berlin’s Former Movie Glory
Rediscovering Berlin as a movie star
When you think of films set in Berlin, chances are that the tired handful of usual suspects will always spring to mind: Franke Potente haring around the streets of Kreuzberg in "Run, Lola Run," for example, or the occasional glimpse of dreary grey concrete high-rises featured in … [Read more...] about Rediscovering Berlin as a movie star
Zombie movie pioneer George Romero dies, aged 77
George Romero died peacefully in his sleep on Sunday after a brief battle with lung cancer, his agent Chris Roe said, adding that the director passed away while "listening to the score of 'The Quiet Man,' one of his all-time favorite films," with his wife and daughter … [Read more...] about Zombie movie pioneer George Romero dies, aged 77
A movie secretly filmed inside Pacific refugee camps
"Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time" is a documentary film secretly shot by an Iranian asylum seeker in a camp on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island. The movie, directed by Behrouz Boochani and the Holland-based Iranian filmmaker Arash Kamali Sarvestani, received acclaim at two … [Read more...] about A movie secretly filmed inside Pacific refugee camps