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Controversial German Film ‘Baader-Meinhof Complex’ Finally Receiving U.S. Release In August

April 20, 2009 8:58 pm

Some of you may remember the German film, "Der Baader Meinhof Komplex" by Uli Edel; a big-budgeted blockbuster (starring many notable German stars) about the early origins of the Red Army Faction, West Germany'...

The Golden Globes Announce Their Best Foreign Films Nominees List

Rodrigo Perez

December 3, 2008 2:58 pm

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It's a lot of what you'd expect, but that's ok. Foreign Films nominated by the Golden Globes include Cannes-lauded fare like, "The Class" (France), "Waltz With Bashir (Israel)," "Gomorrah," "Il Divo," (both f...

They Nominated Who?? What Potential Oscar Nominations Will Annoy The Playlist To No End

Rodrigo Perez

December 2, 2008 12:34 pm

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There's a lot of Oscar talk out there and things are beginning to settle. Many of these may hopefully not come to pass, but they're based on early-ish Oscar predictions from people out there, many of which we t...

‘Der Baader Meinhof Komplex’ Gets Trashed In The U.K., ‘Departed 2’ Sounds Iffy…

Rodrigo Perez

November 17, 2008 8:41 pm

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Remember the controversial German film "Der Baader Meinhof Komplex," which is Deutschland's Foreign Oscar entry this year, that went so far with its embargo-fascism, it made German journalists seeing the film i...

‘A Woman In Berlin’ Rips Open Old WWII Wounds In Germany

Rodrigo Perez

October 23, 2008 6:38 pm

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The film, "A Woman In Berlin" is ripping open old WWII wounds in Germany. The excellent German drama (which we saw at TIFF earlier this year) is based on the anonymous diaries of Marta Hillers, a young woman, w...

Big-Budget German Film That Threatened Journalists With $100,000+ Fines, ‘Der Baader Meinhof Komplex,’ Selected As German Oscar Hopeful

Rodrigo Perez

September 18, 2008 8:38 pm

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So much for "A Woman In Berlin," a German film we saw at the Toronto Film Fest that we thought might have a shot at Foreign Oscar gold. Nope! Germany has selected it's official Oscar entry and don't look for so...

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