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THE MOVIE TELLER (TIFF 2023) – Review by Emma Badame

September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 Emma Badame Alondra Valenzuela, Antonio de la Torre, Atacama Desert, berenice bejo, Daniel Brühl, Hernán Rivera Letelier, La Contadora de Películas, lone scherfig, Sara Becker, The Movie Teller, TIFF 2023

Cinematic love letters to the art and magic of movies are common enough and more often than not, are told from the perspective of a young boy, eager to experience all the technicolor adventures on the big screen have to offer. With The Movie Teller (La Contadora de Películas), Danish filmmaker Lone Scherfig has not only gifted to audiences a moving, captivating ode to both movies and the power they have to create and bind communities, but one told–for a change–from the perspective of an imaginative young girl with a talent for storytelling herself.

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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Review by Susan Granger

January 22, 2023January 25, 2023 Susan Granger All Quiet on the Western Front, Daniel Brühl, Edward Berger, Felix Kammerer, german films, netflix, oscars

Adapted by writer/director Edward Berger from Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel, it follows idealistic young Germans, caught in patriotic fervor, as they proudly enlist to serve for “the Kaiser, God and the Fatherland,” marching off to war in France, only to find themselves mired in muck, facing almost certain death.

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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Review by Martha K Baker

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 Martha K. Baker Albrecht Schuch, All Quiet on the Western Front, Daniel Brühl, Edward Berger, Erich Maria Remarque, Felix Kammerer, James Friend, Volker Bertelmann

Here’s a thought: do not go shopping on November 11. Watch Edward Berger’s version of Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novel, All Quiet on the Western Front. November 11 used to be Armistice Day until President Eisenhower changed the title in 1954 to Veterans’ Day to honor all who serve. Berger honors them by showing the truth. All Quiet on the Western Front is mostly in English despite being told from a German point of view. Instead of being disconcerting, the English emphasizes the universality of the insanity of war.

Movie of the Week Reviews

AWFJ Movie of the Week, March 30-April 5, 2015: WOMAN IN GOLD

March 30, 2015May 23, 2022 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments Alexi Kaye Campbell, Charles Dance, Daniel Brühl, helen mirren, jennifer merin, katie holmes, maria altmann, nell minow, Ryan Reynolds, simon curtis, Tatiana Maslany, woman in gold

Opening April 1, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is Woman in Gold, director Simon Curtis’ follow-up to 2011’s My Week With Marilyn. It stars Helen Mirren as real-life Jewish refugee Maria Altmann who, in later life, fought to recover family artwork stolen by the Nazis.