"If Wim Wenders falls prey to overambition in this sprawling story of identity, conscience, and voyeurism in modern Los Angeles, it pays off in a richness absent from so many of Hollywood's safe, sterile films. Bill Pullman is the ostensible hero, a Roger Corman-like producer abruptly kidnapped by a pair of dim thugs who prepare to kill him in the shadow of the L.A. freeway. Gabriel Byrne watches, powerless, from on high, a meek Big Brot ..."
"Amid the decaying elegance of cold-war Vienna, psychoanalyst Dr. Alex Linden (Art Garfunkel) becomes mired in an erotically charged affair with the elusive Milena Flaherty (Theresa Russell). When their all-consuming passion takes a life-threatening turn, Inspector Netusil (Harvey Keitel) is assigned to piece together the sordid details. Acclaimed for its innovative editing, raw performances, and stirring musical score-featuring Tom Wait ..."
"A fine piece of polemical cinema, Ken Loach's Bread and Roses tells the story of the successful "Justice for Janitors" campaign, which helped establish improved pay and working conditions for the largely Latin American unskilled workforce in Los Angeles. Pilar Padilla plays Maya, who, following a traumatic crossing of the Mexican border, manages to find her older sister Rosa and eventually find work as a janitor. There, she runs into la ..."
"Liam's mom is in prison and due to be released in time for his sixteenth birthday. Dreaming of a family life he never had, Liam is determined to make things different when his mother returns--which also entails staying beyond the reach of her loser ex-boyfriend and mean-spirited father. But creating a new life requires cash, and at 16 there are very few opportunities for employment. It is not long before Laim and his friends' crazy sche ..."
"It may have been underrated when first broadcast on PBS on consecutive nights in the fall of '03, but executive producer Martin Scorsese's homage to the blues is a truly significant, if imperfect, achievement. "Musical journey" is an apt description, as Scorsese and the six other directors responsible for these seven approximately 90-minute films follow the blues--the foundation of jazz, soul, R&B, and rock & roll--from its African root ..."
"Dem Buena Vista Social Club, wochenlang auf den vorderen Plätzen der LP-Charts, hat der international anerkannte deutsche Regisseur Wim Wenders (Himmel über Berlin) seinen lebhaften Dokumentarfilm gewidmet. Der Buena Vista Social Club, das ist ein Club wunderbarer, alter, kubanischer Herren, die ihre Liebe zur Son-Musik bei bester Laune gehalten hat. Vollblutmusiker Ry Cooder, der u.a. auch die Filmmusik für Wim Wenders Paris, Texas ges ..."
"If Wim Wenders falls prey to overambition in this sprawling story of identity, conscience, and voyeurism in modern Los Angeles, it pays off in a richness absent from so many of Hollywood's safe, sterile films. Bill Pullman is the ostensible hero, a Roger Corman-like producer abruptly kidnapped by a pair of dim thugs who prepare to kill him in the shadow of the L.A. freeway. Gabriel Byrne watches, powerless, from on high, a meek Big Brot ..."
"Schon in den 70er- und 80er-Jahren hat Wim Wenders davon geträumt, seine reflexiven Kinovisionen mit den Mitteln Hollywoods zu realisieren, doch wirklich gelungen ist ihm dies erst 1997 mit Am Ende der Gewalt. Mit seinem Thriller über die Machenschaften im Film- und Geheimdienstmilieu nähert er sich der Traumfabrik und ihren Geschichten auf beinahe schon überraschende Weise an und wahrt doch eine für ihn charakteristische Distanz. Es is ..."
"When an angel dares to cross the line, he stumbles into the harsh reality of post-Cold War Berlin and finds himself engaged in deadly combat to protect the mortals he loves.The gravity-defying imagery of director Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire; Paris, Texas) gives wings to this daring film of suspense and intrigue. Otto Sander and Natassja Kinski lead an all-star ensemble cast that includes Horst Buchholz and Willem Dafoe with cameo appea ..."
"Das Blutvergießen zwischen Sandinisten und Contras vertreibt die nicaragua-nische Tänzerin Carla aus ihrer Heimat. Die Flucht verschlägt sie ins sichere Schottland. Doch das Leben am Rande der Gesellschaft zermürbt die junge Frau, zudem wird sie von traumatischen Erinnerungen gequält. Dann aber verliebt sich der Busfahrer George in Carla. Gemeinsam beschließen die bei-den, sich Carlas Vergangenheit zu stellen in Nicaragua. Nach LAND ..."
"Robert Carlyle (THE FULL MONTY) stars as George, a Glasgow bus driver who risks his job by giving a free ride to a beautiful Nicaraguan woman with no money. From the moment that he sees her, George becomes infatuated. He soon finds her a place to live and learns the reason behind her sadness - her boyfriend has been killed by the Contras. George accompanies her to Nicaragua where he helps her come to terms with her past, and at the same ..."
"The director Friedrich Monroe has trouble with finishing a silent b&w movie about Lisbon. He calls his friend, the sound engineer Phillip Winter, for help. As Winter arrives Lisbon weeks later, Monroe is disappeared but has left the unfinished film. Winter decides to stay, because he is fascinated of the city and the Portuguese singer Teresa, and he starts to record the sound of the film. At the same time Monroe cruises through the city ..."
"In 1996, composer, producer, and guitar legend Ry Cooder entered Egrem Studios in Havana with the forgotten greats of Cuban music, many of them in their 60s and 70s, some of them long since retired. The resulting album, Buena Vista Social Club, became a Grammy-winning international bestseller. When Cooder returned to Havana in 1998 to record a solo album by 72-year-old vocalist Ibrahim Ferrer, filmmaker Wim Wenders was on hand to docume ..."