Werner Herzog

2 weeks ago | bfi.org.uk | Christopher Nolan |Werner Herzog |Bong Joon Ho |Thomas Flew

“At the time, [In the Mood for Love] was one of the most difficult productions I’d ever done. But now, when I think back, what I remember are the small moments. Time has a way of softening the edges of memory. Perhaps [it endures] because the film isn’t really about 1960s Hong Kong, but about something more fundamental – how we connect with each other, how we navigate desire and restraint, how we construct narratives to make sense of our lives.

Dec 9, 2024 | metacritic.com | Werner Herzog |Sheri Linden |Steve Pond |David Ehrlich

One of his most piercing inquiries yet. ... Herzog is the clear-eyed student — at times amazed and delighted, and, at others, skeptical and alarmed. Amid the cryostats and nanoparticles and fiber optics, the clunky gadgets and impenetrable-to-the-layperson diagrams, he summons a wry and lyrical mix of awe and foreboding. Read More

Dec 5, 2024 | cbr.com | Timothy Treadwell |Amie Huguenard |Werner Herzog |Matthew Flynn

documentaries Sign in to your CBR account This article discusses sensitive topics such as the murder and abuse of children and animals. Documentary films are informative and entertaining ways to gain more knowledge about a favorite subject or explore completely new topics. They can be good for crash studies of historically significant people and events. And sometimes they can be simply entertaining. Some documentaries can be hard to watch, either due to the subject matter or the imagery. At...

Nov 3, 2024 | editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Steven Spielberg |John Carpenter |Mel Brooks |Werner Herzog

Comb your porn ’stache, put on some vinyl (records or disco boots, your choice), and smell that lead in the gasoline – we’re heading back to the Me Decade with the 100 Best 1970s Horror Movies!The ’70s were a decade of upheaval for the genre, transforming horror into a legitimate vessel for awards recognition (The Exorcist) and the birth of the blockbuster (Jaws).

Oct 17, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Robbie Collin |Bram Stoker |Werner Herzog

Jack Nicholson in The Shining Credit: Alamy Perhaps more than any other genre, horror inspires extraordinary passion among cinema-goers. It was the first to bounce back commercially after the Covid closures, with releases like M3GAN, Smile and the fifth Scream film all pulling crowds in the UK and elsewhere. Yet it’s also seen by many cinephiles as a leprous adjunct to cinema proper: even some professional reviewers can’t or won’t cover it, so much do they detest its effect on their bodies...