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Entries by E. Nina Rothe from 11/2011

Ridha Behi's Always Brando at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival: Spellbinding

| Posted 11.02.2011

Some films can infuse us with their magic even before we have a chance to watch them. Personally, it may be an image, the mystery of its title or a particular theme which will create in this cinema lover a craving only satiated by watching the film.

Lars von Trier's Melancholia -- Don't Judge a Film by Its Headlines

| Posted 11.10.2011

The film is visually splendid, the cinematography by Manuel Alberto Claro absolute genius and the set designs, by Jette Lehmann, and costumes, by Manon Rasmussen, lavishly outstanding.

Omar Sharif: The Last Great Arab Movie Star?

| Posted 11.14.2011

Sharif is wonderfully evasive and refuses to say anything that can be used as a slogan for institutions or to promote an organization.

Jean Jacques Annaud's Black Gold: A Momentous Step in the Right Direction

| Posted 11.18.2011

Black Gold is based on the 1957 book South of the Heart: A Novel of Modern Arabia by travel enthusiast and sometime race car driver Hans Ruesch, who was born in Naples of Swiss parents.

Johanna Demetrakas' Crazy Wisdom: Can It Ever Be?

| Posted 11.22.2011

Whatever one takes away from Crazy Wisdom, one thing is certain: Chogyam Trungpa is a spellbinding subject, one absolutely perfect to inspire a future generation of spiritualism.

We Have a Masterpiece: Nanni Moretti's We Have a Pope

| Posted 11.29.2011

We Have a Pope is a film that has allowed me to reconnect to the genius of Nanni Moretti, one of a handful of filmmakers from my birth country who are carrying on the legacy of our great Italian masters with a vision all his own, told in a rhythm all his own.

The Hopeful Environmentalist -- Sturla Gunnarsson's Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie

| Posted 11.30.2011

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