What's going on this week in the cinema

Marriage Story

Drama from Noah Baumbach, U.S., 2019; 136 min.

The theatre Director Charlie (Adam Driver), and the actress is Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) have a child, and samples to put together a new piece. But everyone has his own expectations for the rest of your life, so that familiarity soon the divorce reasons, and a nasty separation battle between New York and Los Angeles begins. Was not sure to avoid that Director Noah Baumbach ("Frances Ha") from Brooklyn turns at some point, a "Kramer vs. Kramer" for the Millennial Generation. The tone is tragicomic, the scenes are incredibly well written and played, but all the Cleverness acts soon to be Intrusive – even if you have to say: tears guaranteed. (blu)

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If the theatre becomes a reality: Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) to spoil the main sample. Video: YouTube/Netflix

But Beautiful

a documentary by Erwin Wagenhofer, D/A, 2019; 116 min.

After a series of globalization-critical films ("We Feed the World", "Alphabet") deals Erwin Wagenhofer with the positive things in our world. He shows about a family that runs a sustainable permaculture, to forms a activists, the women Solar engineers, or a Jazz Trio, the strives for success.

The Film relies more on mood, impressions, and the improvised Form of Jazz instead of the explanations to the Message to get across: "Nothing exists independently." On the duration of the works under to catch a bit tiresome. But those who get into the mood and the Anthroposophical Touch, will also be rewarded with enriching moments. (dpo)

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Works also without explicitly: The movie "But Beautiful" by Erwin Wagenhofer. Video: YouTube/DCM

Doctor Sleep

Horror, Mike Flanagan, USA, 2019; 152 min.

Thirty years after the events at the Overlook Hotel: The small Dan Torrance has grown to the alcohol driver (Ewan McGregor) sick around approach; his psychic abilities, he presses, as well as it goes. But then he finds in a small town, a real home and goes to a self-help group for alcoholics. Meanwhile, the form of drifting monsters in human mischief, the suck of people like Dan the soul.

As a sequel to "The Shining," you can't take "Doctor Sleep" really seriously, Mike Flanigan is no Stanley Kubrick. Nevertheless, the struggle between people and monsters is very entertaining, and Ewan McGregor helps about some of the silliness away. (ggs)

Abaton, Arena, cosmos, Metropolitan The world is a dangerous place: All of them are Hungrigt. Video: YouTube/warnerbros joke country

Fahim

tragi-Comedy of Pierre-François Martin-Laval, F 2019; 107 min.

The boy Fahim (Ahmed Assad) and his father (Mizanur lenen rahaman, founder) have to flee from Bangladesh and land in Paris. There, the highly-talented Fahim allowed to visit a Chess class in Sylvain (Gérard Depardieu). While the father is seeking political asylum, is trying to the son to become a chess champion.

The story is based on the book "game of your life, Fahim" about the life of the chess-Protégé Fahim Mohammad. Depardieu embodied therein, once more, a hum leagues bear with a heart of gold. The story is progressing according to known Patterns and to the moral sore point West Europe, with questions like "Is France still the country of human rights?". (msw)

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asylum, or a chess champion: the talented young Fahim (Ahmed Assad) is both uncertain. Video: Vimeo/Florence-Adam - JMH

Frozen II

Animation by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, USA, 2019; 103 min.

Elsa hears a strange voice calling out to her. Together with her sister and friends, she travels to the far North, to go to the bottom of it. There, the group discovers a magical forest.

Elsa and Anna are back, and perhaps more important and certainly funny: Olaf, the snowman, and Sven, the reindeer. Old friends since the first part of the Disney fairytale that was six years ago, the most successful animated film ever. The technology is impressive, the message of the strong sisters, abundantly clear. What's missing, unfortunately, is a good script: The story is so complex that you have to be a child, to lose the Overview. What remains are earwigs. (SZ)

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The sequel to the Disney-success film: Delivers Frozen II, a new catchy tune? Video: YouTube/ Disney Switzerland

Richard Says Goodbye

tragi-Comedy by Wayne Roberts, USA, 2018; 90 min.

The College teachers, Richard (Johnny Depp) receives the diagnosis of cancer. Reason enough to finally enjoy what Amount of unorthodox possible drugs, Sex, Lectures in the Bar is. Much harder for Richard, the reconciliation with his unfaithful wife and the lesbian daughter.

"Carpe diem!" So the solution was in the classic movie "Dead Poets Society" (1989). Also, Director Wayne Roberts tried a slice cut off, but lust for Life is held in "Richard Says Goodbye", especially as a permanent crash. One might detect certain Parallels to the life of Johnny Depp, but a deadly disease is just not the same as a conservative school mission statement, against the you could thirty years ago attack. (zas)

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When the teacher is not a role model more: Johnny Debb is the crashing of Richard. Video: YouTube/Praesens - Film

La terre est plate

Drama of Matteo Carrega Bertolini, CH 2019; 76 minutes.

After College, Jean (Nicolas Foussard) languishes in Paris, until he met in a Bar the musician Antoine (Federico Uguccioni). A short, but intense friendship begins. Years later, Jean is deeply in civic life and in search of the spunky friend from back then.

This Film tells the story of contrasting men: The big mouth Antoine remains as a saxophonist, unsuccessfully, to silence, Jean will, however, in an Agency of the interns quickly to the project Manager. Happy both are not. The young Swiss Director wants to explore with a lot of style, will and in part of impressive black-and-white images of a Bromance. Unfortunately, in the Approximate amount of what the two men find each other. (pos)

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friendship no one has to understand: Antoine and his buddy Jean. Video: YouTube/Aardvark Film Emporium

A White, White Day

Drama of Hlynur Pa?lmason, Isl/DK/S 2019; 109 min.

Ingimundur (Ingvar Sigurdsson), was a former police officer, he now lives in a secluded house in Iceland. His wife is killed in a car accident, but Ingimundur not let go of a suspicion: you Had an affair? No question, the Icelanders Hylnur Pa?lmason ("the Winter Brothers") dominates the atmospheric Tell in pictures, he uses metaphors, and repeated motifs, and because he has shot on 35 mm, it all looks incredibly beautiful. His Drama is also influenced an Essay on loss and grief, of knorrigem Despite and Humor – quite simply the high art. (blu)

Riffraff The images, a language of its own: A White, White Day of Hlynur Pa have?lmason. Video: Vimeo/xenixfilm

Created: 20.11.2019, 16:41 PM