The Robber Directed by Benjamin Heisenberg Written by Benjamin Heisenberg and Martin Prinz Germany, 2010 Benjamin Heisenberg’s The Robber will never be accused of being too obvious. In fact, it’s a film that begs the question, ‘how much information is too little information?’ Johann Rettenberger (Andreas Lust) robs banks. He also runs marathons. He’s quite …
The Robber Directed by Benjamin Heisenberg Written by Benjamin Heisenberg and Martin Prinz Germany, 2010 Benjamin Heisenberg’s The Robber will never be accused of being too obvious. In fact, it’s a film that begs the question, ‘how much information is too little information?’ Johann Rettenberger (Andreas Lust) robs banks. He also runs marathons. He’s quite …
10) The Social Network To tell you the truth I was not looking forward to the David Fincher / Aaron Sorkin dramatization of the Facebook saga until the iconic trailer was released. Not only was it visually stunning (as all Fincher’s films are) but its brilliant use of a course singing Radiohead’s outsider anthem Creep. …
Despite that fact that the competition this year underwhelmed (see Shane Danielsen’s column) there were sill some pleasant surprises and curiosities that are helping 2010 become another great year in film. Two recent releases premiered over the past couple weeks. Martin Scosesse’s Shutter Island got a mixed response, which translated the same stateside. While Roman …