Werner Herzog's Into the Abyss: Killer Documentary at Thessaloniki
Into the Abyss -- in a grander scheme -- is about the tragedy of human existence: evil defined both as human sinfulness and just bad luck.
Into the Abyss -- in a grander scheme -- is about the tragedy of human existence: evil defined both as human sinfulness and just bad luck.
Jason Bailey | Posted 04.10.2012
We, as a civilized society, are either going to kill people in the state's name, or we're not. It's literally life or death. It's one or the other. You're either in or you're out.
Marshall Fine | Posted 05.12.2012
Playing like some disjointed hybrid of Strangers on a Train and The Parallax View by way of Death Wish, Seeking Justice is never terrible - just never...
Farihah Zaman | Posted 04.24.2012
What grander achievement can there be in cinematography than taking something we know and have possibly even seen on film before -- like a historic cave or a simple piece of choreography -- and transforming it into something more real than ever before?
Jason Apuzzo | Posted 04.11.2012
He's punk'd both the North Korean communist government and in his new film, the Central African Republic and its corrupt diplomatic culture. Mads Brügger is one of Europe's funniest and most controversial filmmakers, although most Americans haven't heard of him -- yet.
The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 02.08.2012
If ever KFC/Chick-Fil-A/McDonalds need a spokesman, they'd be SO LUCKY to get Werner Herzog. In the brilliantly self-contained video below from direct...
Govindini Murty | Posted 03.01.2012
It is greatly worthwhile to celebrate the notable movies of 2011 that took the risk of advocating for democratic freedom, the political principle that makes so much film artistry possible.
Posted 12.22.2011
Forget WikiLeaks, this week is all about Whitney Leaks. The Whitney Biennial, the large-scale New York exhibition known for setting trends and setting...
Govindini Murty | Posted 02.01.2012
AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 11.20.2011
LOS ANGELES — Acclaimed documentaries from Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, Morgan Spurlock and Steve James have missed out on a shot at the Academy Awa...
Govindini Murty | Posted 01.11.2012
Regina Weinreich | Posted 01.04.2012
Werner Herzog is all over DOC NYC. In this, its second year, his film Into the Abyss was screened opening night on Thursday.
Posted 12.10.2011
Back in 1978, Herzog challenged a then-unknown Errol Morris to make his feature documentary, "Gates of Heaven," promising Morris that he would eat his...
John Farr | Posted 11.25.2011
Reading subtitles is a lot like riding a bicycle. Practice not only makes perfect, soon enough it's second nature so you don't even notice you're doing it. This particularly holds true when you're watching something great.
latimes.com | Posted 11.10.2011
Since the premiere of his new documentary last weekend at the Telluride Film Festival, filmmaker Werner Herzog has been saying that "Into the Abyss" ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 09.25.2011
At a Comic-Con panel last week for the upcoming big-budget sci-fi caper "Prometheus," director Ridley Scott made a bold statement. Scott, who has ...
Posted 09.21.2011
San Diego Comic-Con officially began Thursday, after an exciting sneak-preview on Wednesday night. As has been the case in recent years, Hollywood...
Marshall Fine | Posted 09.19.2011
Not quite as much fun as Thor, not nearly as bad as Green Lantern, Captain America: The First Avenger feels less like an exciting comic-book-hero movie than required reading for a course called The Avengers, arriving in theaters next summer.
Chris Kompanek | Posted 08.23.2011
As the humidity creeps up and the air thickens, I can't help but think about the time I spent in Norway last month. For those looking for a different kind of vacation this summer, it makes sense to go north.
guardian.co.uk | Alison Flood | Posted 08.14.2011
Legendary film director Werner Herzog has agreed to narrate an audio version of the surprise hit Go the Fuck to Sleep, a comic bedtime book for parent...
Leonard Maltin | Posted 08.02.2011
By Leonard Maltin I'm no snob when it comes to movies, but I've come to dread the onslaught of summer blockbusters--a feeling not dispelled by the a...
Alexandra Juhasz | Posted 08.02.2011
It's like reality TV for filmmakers: wacky games with ridiculous rules bring out the real man. Our intrepid directors don't have to eat maggots but they do have to shoot almost an entire feature film within the tight, murky confines of a cave.
Tamsin Smith | Posted 07.26.2011
In terms of memorable opening lines, I'm not sure any author can top Vladimir Nabokov in Lolita for pure poetry and mind-bending eroticism, but Naboko...
Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.22.2011
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 07.05.2011
Werner Herzog is one filmmaker who defies the trailer, the reviewer and whatever formula you want to put on him. When I walk into a Herzog movie I ...
Karin Badt | Posted 04.19.2012