It's been a Fatih Akin blitz this week, having watched his new comedy and two older films - a music documentary and his dramatic feature debut. I've also revisited The White Ribbon , the must-see film of the festival (though it has a cinematic release just after). All up, ther...

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The Festival of German Films 2010 is now open in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, with Brisbane and Adelaide to come. It's the 9th year of the festival and this year there are 33 films to be screened. I spoke briefly to festival director, Klaus Krischok from the Goethe Institute,...

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I'd firstly like to thank Nicholas for inviting me on board Club Troppo. This is not my first appearance here - some of you may recall Alison Croggon from Theatre Notes , who posted here my article on Pedro Almodóvar's Volver in 2007 (which seems to have evaporated from Club T...

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