My second watching of Spielberg´s Disclosure Day, and I even love it more than after the first time. If this would be his last film as a director, one can call it one of the great swan songs in recent film history.
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editor of the filmmagazine shomingeki: shomingeki.org, shomingekionline.org and shomingekiblog.blogspot.com I live in Berlin and among the living I adore the filmmaker Aparna Sen, Terrence Malick and Hou Hsiao Hsien.
Hat Matt Damon Nolans DIE ODYSSEE gut getan? Ist IMAX mehr als eine fixe Idee? Wieviel muss man vorher über griechische Mythologie wissen? Haben wir uns alles vor dem Film gefragt. Unser erster Eindruck direkt nach dem Kino: schoener-denken.de/blog/odyssee... #filmsky
DIE ODYSSEE: Ein Mann will nach Hause -
Christopher Nolan hat sich an Homers fast 3.000 Jahre altes Epos gewagt und einen großen Film mit Starbesetzung abgeliefert. Unser erster Eindruck direkt nach dem Kino im Podcast.
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shomingekiblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/note... Found this piece I wrote 10 years ago and which I have almost forgotten.
Notes On Interstellar by Christopher Nolan, USA: 2014
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shomingekionline.org/2021/11/14/t... After a while watched Aparna SAen´s great film debut as a director again.
The Christmas Cake – on a scene from 36 Chowringhee Lane by Aparna Sen, India: 1981
„She wanted to warm herself,“ the people said. No one imagined what beautiful things she had seen, and how happily she had gone with her old grandmother into the bright New Year. (The G…
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And finally for the second vote among the nomintated films for the Fipresci Poll for the film of the year, I gave my vote to Hamnet by Chloé Zhao.
shomingekionline.org/2026/07/14/l... ein neuer text von Andrea Grunert
Law and revenge in Masato Harada’s Killing for the Prosecution
by Andrea Grunert During his distinguished career as a director, Masato Harada (1949-2025), who passed away in December 2025, explored the pervasive nature of systemic corruption in Japanese societ…
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shomingekionline.org/2018/08/02/3... schon wieder 8 Jahre her, mein schönstes Kinoerlebnis im Sommer 2018
Erinnerungen an einen paradiesischen Kinosommer – 303, von Hans Weingartner, Deutschland: 2018
(For the English version, please click here I „Das sind Dinge, die man entdeckt, wenn man in die Welt hinaus wandert: indem man das Leben anderer Menschen kennenlernt, beginnt man das eigene in e…
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My nominates for the Fipresci poll Film of the year (between July 25 and End of June 26) are. -Not A Hero, Rima Das, -Hamnet, Chloé Zhao -The Testament of Ann Lee, Mona Fastvold
shomingekiblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/note... Der tolle Film ist bald im Babylon Mitte zu sehen (Indo-German Filmfestival) , leider ohne mich, denn mit gebrochenem Fuss schaffe ich es nicht ins Kino. Da blutet das Herz.
Notes on Village Rockstars 2, by Rima Das, India: 2024 (Berlinale-Generation)
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DISCLOSURE DAY: Ein Ausserirdischen-Märchen von Steven Spielberg, optimistisch-naiv, rasant, unterhaltsam aber nicht ohne Schwächen (der Hirsch!). Unser erster Eindruck in weniger als 12 Minuten direkt nach dem Kino im Podcast, auch mit kritischen Tönen: schoener-denken.de/blog/disclos... #filmsky
DISCLOSURE DAY: Die Wahrheit ist da draußen - und im Fernsehen -
Spielberg kehrt mit einem rasanten Thriller zurück zu UFOs und Ausserirdischen, in dem Emily Blunt die Sprache der Aliens spricht. Unser erster Eindruck direkt nach dem Kino im Podcast.
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shomingekiblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/note... Thanks to young filmmaker Aaryan Chandra Prakash, Indian Cinema can add another excellent film to its long tradition of excellent Coming of Age-films.
Notes on Aājoor, by Aaryan Chandra Prakash, India. 2024
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www.perlentaucher.de/im-kino/film... schöner Text von Karin Doerksen über Disclosure Day von Steven Spielberg.
Katrin Doerksen - Filmkritik zu "Disclosure Day" von Steven Spielberg - Im Kino
Katrin Doerksen: Im Kino vom 09.06.2026
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After some months, finally Steven Spielberg´s new film Disclosure Day was a fest and I think it is probably his finest science fiction film and the perfect alternative to the FIFA football championship.
shomingekiblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/note... Thanks to young filmmaker Aaryan Chandra Prakash, Indian Cinema can add another excellent film to its long tradition of excellent Coming of Age-films.
Notes on Aājoor, by Aaryan Chandra Prakash, India. 2024
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shomingekiblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/laud... Finally here is the english original version of my laudatio for Aparna sen, April 2024 at the Red Lotus Asian Filmfestival, Vienna.
Laudatio Aparna Sen
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shomingekiblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/laud... Finally here is the english original version of my laudatio for Aparna sen, April 2024 at the Red Lotus Asian Filmfestival, Vienna.
Laudatio Aparna Sen
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shomingekionline.org/2026/05/07/s... Andrea Grunert wrote about the International short film festival, Oberhausen
Some Thoughts on the 72nd International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen (28 April – 3rd May 2026)
By Andrea Grunert I am writing these lines after attending the internationally acclaimed short film festival in Oberhausen, a city in the Ruhr-area, once a major industrial heartland of Euro…
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