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Andreas Ohman’s “Simple Simon”, Sweden’s Oscar entry, successfully weaves Asberger’s Syndrome into a feel good comedy, without downplaying the challenges…

“Little Rose”, the gripping Polish post-war intelligence drama will play at the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival. Considered for…

Algerian-French filmmaker Rachid Bouchareb has said, “Cinema is a wonderful tool to converse with French society.” And beyond, I would…

In summer 2010, GERMAN PREMIERES celebrated its 25th screening in New York with the German feature VINCENT WANTS TO SEA…

Just in time to celebrate and commemorate John Lennon – who would have turned 70 this October, two new films…

Margarethe von Trotta’s “Vision: From the Life of Hildegard Von Bingen,’’ portrays the practical minded 12th-century Benedictine nun, mystic, botanist,…

First-time director Jeff Malmberg’s “Marwencol” explores trauma and creativity in this stunning portrait of one man’s homemade therapy.In April of…

Any new film from Doc-master Frederick Wiseman (“Titicut Follies”) is cause for celebration. Wiseman, at 80, is still a one-man…

In addition to the numerous documentaries at this year’s Hamptons International Film Festival (reviewed in an earlier article), I was…

Visually striking, Brides opens up with a little known, actual event that took place in 1920s Asia Minor— the transatlantic…