cinema
Oscar for 'The Lives of Others'
German film director Florian Henckel's feature debut shines in Hollywood with an elegant and assured spy thriller
cinema, oscars, communism, central and eastern europe, politics, berlin, festivals
Paul Verhoeven: 'So what if it’s commercial?'
The 68-year-old Dutch film director behind ‘Total Recall’, ‘Robocop’ and ‘Basic Instinct’ is back home in Europe to complete a different project
Poker cards on the table
From casinos and shops to television and the internet - the poker craze is taking off in France, leading to huge growth in the industry
Marjane Satrapi: 'the Iraq war was about nothing but oil'
We spoke to the Iranian graphic novelist, 37, in January, after she shot to fame with her black-and-white comic book ‘Persepolis’. It's currently hitting movie screens in its animated French version
cinema, feminism, asia, world affairs, interview, iran islamic republic of, immigration
2007: A Space Odysseus
Homer's hero is now travelling the length and breadth of the world wide web. With Germany’s six month presidency in full swing, the Goethe Institute has designed a virtual journey for artists. How is Europe searching for itself?
cinema, bulgaria, globalisation, portugal, contemporary art, germany, europe
‘Mein Führer’: black comedy about brown fellows
Jewish director Dani Levy has broken taboos with a controversial new comedy about Hitler. The Germans once again ask themselves: Can we be allowed to laugh about Hitler?
Golden Globes: Almodóvar, again
The Spanish director is favourite to take the Golden Globe for best foreign language film, for Volver. It would be his third award in just a few years. Why does Hollywood love Almodóvar so much?
‘12:08 East of Bucharest’: revolutionary rendevous
From the set of a local television station, three madcap characters attempt to understand what happened in their sleepy Romanian town the day that communism died
cinema, bucarest, revolution, post-soviet states, romania, democratisation
Terry Gilliam – eternal youth
Terry Gilliam spent half his life in London, where he created Monty Python with a group of like-minded comedians. At 65, the actor-director’s spirits remain as imaginative and animated as ever
cinema, terry gilliam, drugs, brunch, best of cafebabel.com, spain, society
Ruth Negga, a star without a label
The half Irish, half Ethiopian Ruth Negga, 23, burst onto the cinema scene as an emotional and promising talent during the 2006 Berlin Film Festival
Rolling out the blue carpet
The British film ‘Venus’ by Robert Michell scooped the main prize, whilst German films swept the board
Sidney Corbett, composing for beauty
A renowned composer for the Berlin state opera and a passionate guitarist, 45-year-old Sidney Corbett talks to café babel about his career, which began with his move from his native USA to Europe, and modern European music composition.
cinema, russian federation, music, aarhus, united kingdom, united states, denmark
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