Here we go again with our new weekly feature! The menu of diverse genres keeps expanding, of movies playing in Leipzig in “OmU,” “OV” and “OF.” Not as few and far between as you may have thought. If it’s in a language you don’t know at all, rest assured that there should be at least German
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Not your typical slasher flick – although there is indeed some slashing. Not your typical horror flick – although you’ll probably be jumping in your seat a few times. Not your typical comedy, either. So what’s the New Zealand cinematic production “Housebound” like? Today’s guest reviewer, Leipzig-based writer Christijan Robert Broerse, tells us why the movie’s dark humor and
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This year, the film “Still Alice” – about a middle-aged linguistics professor, mother and wife diagnosed with Alzheimer’s – brought lead actress Julianne Moore her long-overdue first Oscar. Although much of the publicity around the movie may have been related to such a happening, guest reviewer Stewart Tunnicliff gives us plenty of reasons (besides Moore’s performance) why we
MoreEarlier this week on Monday, I started posting here a listing of movies being shown in Leipzig in their original languages other than German (meaning not dubbed but often subtitled in German). It’s good to be able to find them in one listing, along with the addresses and languages in which they’re playing, so I
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