Directed by Wim Wenders Kings of the Road is a hangout movie, following a hermit projectionist, Bruno, and a recently divorced man named Robert. They meet when Robert interrupts Bruno's idyllic morning routine by trying to kill himself, though perhaps as a way of shying away from the darkness of a suicide attempt, his effort … Continue reading Kings of the Road (1976)
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Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)
Directed by Wim Wenders Every Thing Will Be Fine is a melodrama that keeps you at arm's distance. Told over the course of a decade it tells the struggle of a man, woman and child after a fatal accident. He, Tomas (James Franco) was the driver of a car that hit one of two young … Continue reading Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)
Meet Joe Black (1998)
Directed by Martin Brest Death is quite sultry and naive in Meet Joe Black, perhaps the most unlikely three hour movie of all time. Brad Pitt plays a young, frosted tip'd enthusiastic man in a coffee shop who lights on fire the world of Susan Parrish (Claire Forlani). Then he gets hit by a car and … Continue reading Meet Joe Black (1998)
The American Friend (1977)
Directed by Wim Wenders The American Friend is an arthouse take on the fish out of water criminal story, if that's a thing. It seems like it is. You take a nice, easy to root for guy and put him in a tough, tense situation in which he does something awful, but he knows it's … Continue reading The American Friend (1977)