Movie Week
Wednesdays at 5:45 pm during The Wrap (repeats Thursdays at 1:40 pm)
A critical look at new films opening in Switzerland this week
Movie Week: The Great Gatsby, Harry Dean Stanton--Partly FictionWednesday, 15 May, 2013An American classic turned into a Baz Luhrmann film—that’s on today’s Movie Week. It’s The Great Gatsby featuring mega star Leonardo Di Caprio. Plus the documentary Harry Dean Stanton—Partly Fiction is the debut of Swiss director Sophie Huber. Critic Franziska Oliver talks to WRS’s Alex Helmick:
Movie Week: Star Trek into Darkness, Fill the VoidWednesday, 8 May, 2013We’re beaming up today with NZZ am Sonntag film critic Christian Jungen andchecking out Star Trek Into Darkness and Fill the Void:
Movie Week: Iron Man 3 and ViramundoWednesday, 1 May, 2013NZZ am Sonntag film critic Christian Jungen reviews Marvel’s latest installment of their ever popular Iron Man franchise, starring Robert Downey Jr., and Viramundo, a documentary about Brazlian musician Gilberto Gil by Swiss director Pierre-Yves Borgeud:
Movie Week: Looking at the world through Visions du RéelWednesday, 24 April, 2013While producing fiction films may not be Switzerland’s strong point, documentary and auteur-type films certainly is. NZZ am Sonntag film critic Christian Jungen talks about Nyon’s internationally renowned documentary film festival Visions du Réel, for which he is a jury member:
Movie Week: Broken City and Kon TikiWednesday, 17 April, 2013NZZ am Sonntag film critic Christian Jungen reviews Broken City, a character-driven thriller starring Russel Crowe, Mark Wahlberg and Catherin Zeta Jones, and Kon Tiki, a Norwegian film co-produced by four young people in Zurich and nominated for the Academy Award in Best Foreign Language Film:
Movie Week: Oblivion and Side EffectsWednesday, 10 April, 2013NZZ am Sonntag film critic Christian Jungen reviews Joseph Kosinski’s sci-fi action blockbuster Oblivion, where Tom Cruise must undoubtedly save the world, and Steven Soderbergh’s supposed last film called Side Effects:
Movie Week: A documentary on Paul Bowles and Dead Man DownWednesday, 3 April, 2013Film critic Franziska Oliver reviews a documentary on the late artist Paul Bowles by Swiss-American director Daniel Young and an international thriller starring Colin Farrell academy award nominee Terrance Howard and Swedish star Noomi Rapace, called Dead Man Down:
Movie Week: The Croods, Oz and Spring BreakersWednesday, 27 March, 2013Film critic Franziska Oliver reviews Disney Dreamwork’s animated family comedy profiling a prehistoric family and the world’s first road trip, The Croods. She also gives her thoughts on Oz the Great and Powerful and Spring Breakers:
Movie Week: Oz the Great and Powerful and Song for MarionWednesday, 20 March, 2013Film critic Franziska Oliver reviews Disney’s star-studded Oz the Great and Powerful, which is not about Dorothy but rather the making of Oz himself, and Song for Marion, a touching story about aging with Terence Stamp and Vanessa Redgrave:
Movie Week: Hitchcock and This Is 40Wednesday, 13 March, 2013Film critic Franziska Oliver reviews British director Sacha Gervasi’s take on the famous neurotic filmmaker Hitchcock, starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, as well as the latest Judd Apatow comedy about turning 40: