New doc spotlights the musical wanderings of Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz.
Three German-language documentaries (More Than Honey, Miles and War, and Redemption Impossible) stand out in San Francisco's annual Berlin and Beyond film festival.
Tags:
Austrian film,
Berlin and Beyond,
German film,
German-language film,
Marcus Imhoof, Anna Thoma, Christian Rost, Claus Strigel,
More Than Honey, Miles and War, Redeption Impossible,
Swiss film
This Ain't California, an unexpectedly controversial film about East German skaters, challenges the establishment in more ways than one.
A first feature for director Richard Harrah and writer Steve Allrich, The Canyon falls firmly within that vacation-from-hell subgenre recently capped by the very clever, funny, and fairly freaky A Perfect Getaway. (None of which adjectives apply here, alas.)
Bronson is utterly revved up in a way that's showy but not at all dumbed-down. Tom Hardy's prankster-rageaholic portrayal emerges amid several flavors: ironic Pulchinella à la contemporary music-theater sensation Anthony Newley; Tom of Finland bad-muscle-daddy fantasy; and adrenaline exercise of mainstreamed, po-mo directorial testosterone.
