Es ist unerträglich heiss im Zelt und im Kopf. In der ersten Nacht hatten wir darum das Überzelt nicht aufgezogen; ein kurzer tropischer Schauer in den frühen Morgenstunden sah uns durch den Sand unter palmenförmigen Schatten taumeln und mit Zeltstoff wedeln. Zwar sah es am zweiten Abend nicht so sehr nach Regen aus wie am […]
I had heard that his movie was good, but I was surprised to find just how well this 1951 SciFi-Horror crossover has withstood the test of time. An intelligent script and believable characters, a stroy relying on try suspense instead of cheap effects, a truly frightening creature and well acted and filmed scenes all make […]
This could have been another movie using a feel-good story to enahnce understanding an accepance for a minority by depicting some of its members as struggling, but good humans-like-us. That is an approach that is both commendable for its beneficial impact on society mores and slightly suspicious for its tendency to avoid the more troubling […]
Watching movies about the holocaust, even – or especially – ones that are as well made as this one, is exhausting and disturbing, and I’m not entirely sure why I keep doing it again and again. Partly it’s the general feeling that an evil forgotten is one likely to be repeated, but there also is […]