Tag: Wim Wenders

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  Radio On (1979)

  February 24, 2022

  1970s, Arthouse Cinema, British Cinema, Drama, Existential, Road Movie, Slow Cinema, Uncategorized

  I’ve never had a strong urge to travel. I’m happy to, when we could, but never felt that strong wanderlust. Over the past two years though, I’ve fallen more and more in love with movies that travel. A certain type of arthouse vibe that’s not about sight seeing or having a good time. Usually it’s… Read.

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  The State Of Things (1982)

  September 30, 2020

  1980s, Arthouse Cinema, Drama, Existential, German Cinema, Independent Film, Los Angeles, Movies About Filmmaking, Noir, Uncategorized

  I’ve always been curious about The State Of Things (1982; Der Stand der Dinge), a black-and-white movie Wim Wenders directed after his German road movie trilogy. I didn’t realise it was actually something he made while he was on a break having a tough time filming the detective movie Hammett (based on Dashiell Hammett) in… Read.

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  Kings Of The Road (1976)

  June 21, 2020

  1970s, Arthouse Cinema, Drama, German Cinema, New Wave, Road Movie

  I’d long wanted to see Wim Wenders’ Kings of the Road (1976; Im Lauf der Zeit, “in the course of time” is the translated title). All I knew about it was that it was three hours long, filmed in black and white, and shot in Germany (West Germany at the time), and involved cinemas. It… Read.