The French model, actress, singer and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot (September 28, 1934—December 28, 2025) became a sensation in the United States in 1957 thanks to her film And...

[From our archives: 2003 film review] Neither George Clooney nor Catherine Zeta-Jones are among my favorite actors. When I found out that they are the stars of this movie by the directors...

Casablanca is one of the great classic movies thanks to its timeless ingredients: lost love, romance, intrigue, mystery and melodrama set against the background of the Second World War. The...

[From our archives] Robert Altman is the director of classic movies such as Nashville (1975) and The Player (1992). In 2001, he has shot his best picture so far, not only from the visual...

Austria, Österreich, Autriche – Bregenz: Theater Kosmos, Bregenz, Vorarlberger Landestheater Bregenz – Graz: Theater Graz, Theater im Bahnhof, Graz – Insbruck:...

The Austrian-born actress Christine Kaufmann has died in a Munich hospital in the night to March 28, 2017. At 72, she lost her...

Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske in the Bronx, New York City, on September 16, 1924. Her father was a Jewish immigrant from Poland, her mother a Jewish immigrant from Romania. She...

Jezebel is a 1938-movie that made Bette Davis a star (DVD: Amazon.com, Amazon.de). The title gets explained when the film character Julie Marsden (Bette Davis) emotionally asks her aunt...

Get Birthday Girl on DVD from Amazon.com, Amazon.de and Amazon.co.uk. The film is about an ordinary, shy bank clerk, John Buckingham (Ben Chaplin), living a rather dull life in St....

Criticism of Hollywood and its studio system remains a subject for filmmakers such as Robert Altman (The Player, 2001), David...

A Beautiful Mind (Amazon.com, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr) received four Oscars at the 74th Academy Awards Ceremony on March 24, 2002: Ron Howard for Best Director, Brian Grazer...

The film Talk To Her (original title: Hable con ella; Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr) by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar is a masterpiece: The narration, rhythm and flow...

Robert Altman died on November 20, 2006 at the age of 81 at Los Angeles’ Cedar Sinai Medical Center from cancer related complications. His latest film, A Prairie Home Companion, was...

This biography and filmography is based on the book by Graham McCann: Cary Grant – A Class Apart. The hardcover edition was published in 1997 by Columbia University Press, 348 pages...

Order the book by James Fox from Amazon.co.uk. [Added on July 13, 2011: The movie was banned in the UK for many years. Order the DVD from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com]. The movie White...

Based on the novel written by James Ellroy (written 1988/89), L. A. Confidential (1997) is one of our favourite movies of recent years and an exception since most of the other excellent...

Film review: “In October 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was...