Review: ‘The Zone of Interest’

Make no mistake - Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest is a brutal movie to endure. The Cannes Grand Prix and FIPRESCI prize-winning film (2023) compels and draws you into Rudolf Höss’ (Christian Freidel) story. Set in 1943, Höss is the commandant at Auschwitz, seeking an idyllic piece of heaven while the hell he reigns [...]

By |2024-01-19T10:34:54-07:00January 19th, 2024|Movie Reviews, Reviews|0 Comments

Review: “Toni Erdmann”

“Toni Erdmann” – “To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.” – Euripides Winfried (Peter Simonischek) is a piano teacher.  With a rumpled wardrobe and a full mop of silver hair, this 60-something gives lessons in his home and plays the black and white keys for recitals at a local school.  During [...]

By |2019-03-11T17:05:08-07:00January 27th, 2017|Movie Reviews, Reviews|0 Comments