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Ich war dann auch mal kurz weg: ON THE CHEMIN DE SAINT JACQUES
One week or 120 km on the Via Podensis in France was a short introduction to the Camino of more than 1500 km that ends in Santiago de Compostela in Spain. I flew to Lyon’s super modern, sleepy airport with … Continue reading
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SF Jewish Film Festival 2017
Here what I saw of the half-dozen or so German-language films in the program – FRITZ LANG, BYE BYE GERMANY and TRACKING EDITH. Gordian Maugg, director of FRITZ LANG, was a frequent guest at Berlin & Beyond when I ran … Continue reading
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Spring Movies
The few films I picked out of many I saw since spring arrived in full force to San Francisco have been shown in theaters or at SF’s 60th Film Festival. Let me start with the biggest production, THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE, … Continue reading
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WOMEN’S DAY AT SF PLANNING’S BOARD OF APPEALS
Dear Ms Lazarus and Ms Wilson, a huge disappointment it was for me tonight, International Women’s Day, that you ladies didn’t show any interest in my issues, serious mistakes that the architect and men in the planning department had done … Continue reading
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Berlin & Beyond 2017
Strong women and weak men stayed with me from this year’s Berlin & Beyond. I only saw a few films, some of them revisited – Vor der Morgenröte, Fukushima Mon Amour (comments see in the post below), Eva Hesse (touching, insightful … Continue reading
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BERLINER LUFT
September was the warmest month in decades in Berlin — at times too hot to do anything but escape to a museum, a movie theater (only the big ones have AC) or to see a play — and that’s what … Continue reading
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SFJFF 2016 – Germany and the Nazis
Worth watching: THE PEOPLE VS. FRITZ BAUER & A GERMAN LIFE THE PEOPLE VS. FRITZ BAUER translated from the German title DER STAAT GEGEN FRITZ BAUER misses a small detail, it is not the people – das Volk – but … Continue reading
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59th SF FILM FESTIVAL
The festival took place in my neighborhood – all theaters in walking distance and I admit, with that easy access I should have gone to many more films, should have applied for an industry pass and not paid the $14 … Continue reading
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20th BERLIN & BEYOND
A 20-year-anniversary deserves a few words about the beginning and since I was there when it started let me reminisce a bit before I say a few words about the films I saw last week. Berlin & Beyond opened at … Continue reading
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WHAT’S ON MY MIND?
My house (the pink cottage in the garden) and my neighbors house (the yellow one) has been on my mind ever since a rich developer bought the yellow house 3 years ago and has been working on turning it … Continue reading
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3 GERMAN FILMS — in a Theater near you
THE LABYRINTH OF LIES, PHOENIX and VICTORIA. The more evocative German title IM LABYRINTH DES SCHWEIGENS focuses on the silence after the war, most Germans chose or were forced to. In Guilio Ricciardrelli’s film a courageous young public prosecutor (Alexander … Continue reading
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Menschen am Sonntag
There are lots of things to do in Berlin on a sunny Sunday afternoon: stroll along the Paul Linke Ufer; play boule with yourself or whoever might join you; take a boat ride on the many canals … Continue reading
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