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Synopsis. The collaboration between filmmaker Josef von Sternberg and actress Marlene Dietrich is one of the most enduring in all Hollywood cinema. Tasked by Paramount bosses to find ‘the next big thing’, director von Sternberg lighted upon German silent star Dietrich and brought her to Hollywood.
May 24, 2024 · The film alternates between Wang’s past and then-present as he reconciles his earlier losses of love and country with his limits as a doctor. On reflection, “Sight” is a beat-by-beat wholesome biopic built to leave its audience feeling good and inspired by its sermon.
May 15, 2024 · If. If you're lucky enough to attend an early screening of John Krasinski's new film, "IF," you may be greeted with a short introduction by the writer/director, asserting that the film is expressly for all the "girl dads" out there. Having now seen it, that much is true: despite its family-friendly brief, "IF" is less for kids than for the ...
Jul 17, 2018 · Film Review: ★★½/☆☆☆☆☆. Disc Review: ★★★★/☆☆☆☆☆. Perhaps the most unworthy but potentially most iconic title in this esteemed collection is Dietrich and von Sternberg’s English language debut, Morocco, which would end up being her only Academy Award nomination (and the first of only two nominations for von ...
It may be unfair of me to read too much into this element of his biography, but one has to search for clues in approaching Anatahan. The film is based on the oft-repeated account of a group of Japanese soldiers during World War II who, when stranded on an island, live for years unaware that the war has ended.
Sep 28, 2018 · Review: DIETRICH & VON STERNBERG IN HOLLYWOOD on Criterion Blu-ray. Criterion's definitive collection of Josef von Sternberg's Hollywood films starring Marlene Dietrich beguiles. Jim...
Aug 20, 2018 · August 20, 2018. 1. Director Josef von Sternberg and actor Marlene Dietrich fashioned films together that feel more vitally strange and neurotic than ever before, now that mainstream cinema has been tamed by corporations to follow a set of generically empowering tropes as rigid as the rules of any production code.
