Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog's Into the Abyss: Killer Documentary at Thessaloniki

Karin Badt | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Sandra Stotler, Michael Perry, Werner Herzog, Jason Burkett, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Into the Abyss, Culture News

Into the Abyss -- in a grander scheme -- is about the tragedy of human existence: evil defined both as human sinfulness and just bad luck.

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Capital Politics and Herzog's Into the Abyss

Jason Bailey | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: West Memphis Three, Texas Capital Punishment, Capital Punishment, Cameron Todd Willingham, Werner Herzog, Into the Abyss, Rick Perry, Republican Debates Death Penalty, George W. Bush Death Penalty, Politics News

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.

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Movie review: Seeking Justice

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Werner Herzog, Seeking Justice, Jerry Bruckheimer, Strangers on a Train, Death Wish, Guy Pearce, Seeking Justice Movie Review, The Parallax View, Movie Reviews, Nicolas Cage, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Movies, Mad Men, Marshall Fine, John Woo, January Jones, Roger Donaldson, Christopher Walken, Entertainment News

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...

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2012 Oscars: Are Docs Technically Getting the Shaft?

Farihah Zaman | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Wim Wenders, 2012 Oscars, Boxing Gym, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Battle of Chile, Grey Gardens, Robert Flaherty, Documentary Film, Film, Movies, Werner Herzog, Star Trek, 2012, Best Documentary, Best Picture, Tootsie, Best Cinematography, Katherine Bigelow, Frederick Wiseman, La Danse, James Cameron, Pina, Nostalgia for the Light, Documentary, 2012 Oscar Nominations, Avatar, Hurt Locker, Patricio Guzman, Academy Awards, The Oscars, Maysles, The Academy Awards, Oscar Nominations, Oscars, Entertainment News

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?

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The Most Provocative Filmmaker in the World: A Conversation With Mads Brügger on The Ambassador

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.

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Worth Your Time: Werner Herzog Talking About Chickens

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 02.08.2012

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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...

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The Cinema of Liberty: The Top 10 Pro-Freedom Films of 2011

Govindini Murty | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: The Artist, Hugo Martin Scorsese, Zhao Liang, The Way Back, Peter Weir, The Lady, Aung San Suu Kyi, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, The Help, Midnight in Paris, Jafar-Panahi-This-Is-Not-a-Film, The Red Chapel, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, 5 Days of War, Luc Besson, Jafar Panahi, Battle: Los Angeles, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Werner Herzog, Woody Allen, Lee Tamahori, The Devil's Double, Michael Bay, Jonathan-Liebesman, Michelle Yeoh, Mads Brugger, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Tate Taylor, Shia LaBeouf, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Best Films of 2011, Culture News

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.

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LEAKED: 2012 Whitney Biennial Artist List

Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Kevin Jerome Everson, Andrea Fraser, Whitney Biennial, Georgia Sagri, Dennis Cooper and Gisèle Vienne, Whitney Lineup, Moyra Davey, Lutz Bacher, Kai Althoff, Nathaniel Dorsky, Wu Tsang, Whitney Biennial Leak, Vincent Fecteau, K8 Hardy, Elaine Reichek, Vincent Gallo, Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran, Oscar Tuazon, George Kuchar, Kate Levant, Luther Price, Kelly Reichardt, John Kelsey, Laida Lertxundi, The Red Krayola, Tom Thayer, John Knight, Richard Hawkins, Dawn Kasper, Sarah Michelson, Werner Herzog, Michael E. Smith, Michael Clark, Charles Atlas, Lucy Raven, Nick Mauss, Sam Lewitt, Whitney Biennial 2012, Cameron Crawford, Forrest Bess (Paintings Selected by Artist Robert Gober), Jerome Hiler, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Michael Robinson, Jutta Koether, Joanna Malinowska, Matt Hoyt, Mike Kelley, Liz Deschenes, Nicole Eisenman, Laura Poitras, Richard Maxwell, Matt Porterfield, Andrew Masullo, Thom Andersen, Arts News

Forget WikiLeaks, this week is all about Whitney Leaks. The Whitney Biennial, the large-scale New York exhibition known for setting trends and setting...

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A Conversation With Werner Herzog, Part II: Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Avatar, & the Hostility of Nature

Govindini Murty | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Encounters at the End of the World, Grizzly Man, Warren Commission, Werner Herzog Into the Abyss, Avatar, Werner Herzog, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Weimar Cinema, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu, Video, Entertainment News

Werner Herzog has strong feelings about the proper relationship between humanity and nature.

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A Conversation With Werner Herzog, Part I: Into the Abyss

Govindini Murty | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Encounters at the End of the World, Grizzly Man, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Werner Herzog Into the Abyss, Werner Herzog, Rick Perry, Woyzeck, Culture News

Few directors are as willing to venture into the abyss as Werner Herzog.

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How German Is It? Werner Herzog at DOC NYC

Regina Weinreich | Posted 01.04.2012

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Werner Herzog is all over DOC NYC. In this, its second year, his film Into the Abyss was screened opening night on Thursday.

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WATCH: 'Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe'

Posted 12.10.2011

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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...

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25 Foreign Films Even Subtitle Haters Should See

John Farr | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Yasujiro Ozu, Francois Truffaut, Abbas Kiarostami, Academy Awards, Arthouse, The Lives of Others, Gael Garcia Bernal, Leo Tolstoy, Best Movies by Farr, War and Peace, Akira Kurosawa, Alfonso Cuaron, Marcello Mastroianni, Florian Henckel Con Donnersmarck, Jean Renoir, Wong Kar Wai, Claudia Cardinale, Federico Fellini, Foreign Films, Louis Malle, Pedro Almodovar, Ingmar Bergman, Jacques Tati, Fritz Lang, Subtitles, Zhang Yimou, Satyajit Ray, Ulrich Muhe, Werner Herzog, Anna Magnani, Walter Salles, Best Movies on DVD, Jean Gabin, Best Movies, Vittorio De Sica, Roberto Rossellini, Peter Lorre, Klaus Kinski, Entertainment News

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.

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Herzog's 'Into The Abyss' At Toronto

latimes.com | Posted 11.10.2011

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Since the premiere of his new documentary last weekend at the Telluride Film Festival, filmmaker Werner Herzog has been saying that "Into the Abyss" ...

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The Age Of 3D: Is It The End Or Just The Beginning?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Will Arnett, Werner Herzog, Avatar, Marc Maron, Martin Scorsese, Roger Ebert 3d Film, Film, Roger Ebert 3D, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, James Cameron 3d Movies, Roger Ebert, Comic Con, James Cameron, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, 3D Films, Culture News

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 ...

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PHOTOS: Recap Of Day 1 At San Diego Comic-Con

Posted 09.21.2011

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San Diego Comic-Con officially began Thursday, after an exciting sneak-preview on Wednesday night. As has been the case in recent years, Hollywood...

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Movie Review: Captain America: The First Avenger

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.19.2011

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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.

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On the Culture Front: Scandinavia Dreamin'

Chris Kompanek | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Edvard Grieg, Werner Herzog, Sas, Oslo, Norway, Stavanger, Europe, Unesco World Heritage, Summer Vacation, Bergen, Vigeland, Scandinavia, Travel News

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.

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Which Legendary Director Will Be Narrating The "Go The F*** To Sleep" Audiobook?

guardian.co.uk | Alison Flood | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Ricardo Cortes, Go the F to Sleep Audiobook, Werner Herzog, Adam Mansbach, Children's Books, Go the F to Sleep, Bestseller, Audiobooks, Amazon Bestseller, Books News

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...

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5 Must-See Indie Films

Leonard Maltin | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: The Clowns, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Another Year, Midnight in Paris, Submarine, Films, Movies, Dvd, Woody Allen, Joe Dunthorne, Richard Ayouade, Film, Werner Herzog, Arts News

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...

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Men Shooting Films in Caves

Alexandra Juhasz | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Documentary, Danny Boyle, 127 Hours, Werner Herzog, Arts News

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.

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Who Is Jack Ryan?

Tamsin Smith | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Friendship, Vladimir Nabokov, Werner Herzog, Facebook, Ayn Rand, Objectivism, Books News

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...

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Monday Madness: Chatting with Rob Zombie, Danny Elfman, Devo's Gerald Casale and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.22.2011

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Are You Surprised By Movies Anymore?

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 ...

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