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Obama in Berlin

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2008-07-24 11:36:00 by Pacze Moj in Critical Culture
U.S. Presidential hopeful Barack Obama gave a speech in Berlin today. A lot of Germans showed up, and He gave them a good lesson in German history followed by an expert show of rhetoric. Then He ascended to Heaven I've been told by insiders that the real reason for Obama's trip to Germany, however, was none other than a personal, late-night...
 
Tags: berlin, world war, world, war, welcomes war, cold war-era movie, berlin wall, people, afghan people
 
 
 
 
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Lou Reed's Berlin.

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2008-07-17 06:00:24 by Editor in The Latest from GreenCine Daily
What a beautiful and strange album Lou Reed gave us with Berlin , with its haunted and melancholic lyrics about a relationship being dragged down into the depths of despair, with a little bit of heroin and a little bit of suicide and a little bit of loathing and a section where the main character's children are taken away by social workers,"...
 
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Berlin Watch: Rolling Stones Scorsese Doc Shine A Light

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2008-02-07 12:40:13 by Variety.com * in Thompson On Hollywood
The Berlin reviews are starting to roll in, including Marty Scorsese's Rolling Stones doc Shine a Light , which opened the festival Here's the trailer Here's The Circuit on the press conference, plus reports from Reuters and GreenCine Daily , whose editor David Hudson is based in Berlin
 
Tags: berlin, editor david hudson, berlin reviews, light, greencine daily, stones doc, press conference, marty scorsese, trailer
 
 
 
 
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Berlin Watch: Errol Morris Debuts Abu Ghraib Doc

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2008-02-07 17:47:00 by Variety.com * in Thompson On Hollywood
Errol Morris's Abu Ghraib documentary Standard Operating Procedure , backed by Participant Productions and Sony Pictures Classics, makes its world premiere on February 12 at the Berlinale. Why not Sundance? SPC submitted it, but never heard back from the Utah fest. So Morris's Big Debut will be in Berlin. (A book comes out in April Here's a...
 
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Lou Reed's Berlin: French Poster Design

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2008-03-26 06:02:00 by Jeremy Richey in Moon In The Gutter
Just came across this awesome French Poster for Schnabel's Berlin and had to post it here. I love how they are using the Ecstasy era photo with it as I have always found those some of the most striking images of Lou. Can't wait to to see this thing
 
Tags: ecstasy era photo, awesome french poster, lou, berlin, images, post, schnabel, wait, love
 
 
 
 
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Lou The Obscure: 25 Often Overlooked Lou Reed Songs and Performances

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2008-04-30 10:50:00 by Jeremy Richey in Moon In The Gutter
I was hoping to use this week to celebrate all things Lou Reed in anticipation of seeing him again live on Friday night, at Nashvilles Ryman Auditorium. This week just happens to be the final week of classes this semester though which has made writing here near impossible. Still, I cant let the opportunity of honoring my favorite songwriter slip...
 
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Lou Reed Live At Nashville's The Ryman

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2008-05-03 09:10:00 by Jeremy Richey in Moon In The Gutter
These shots are from Lou's New Jersey gig a couple of weeks back. I will update this post with shots from lats nights show if they appear Lou Reeds show at Nashvilles Ryman last night was an extremely satisfying one filled with more heart, passion and fire than most Rock and Roll artists could ever even hope to capture. Featuring a top of the...
 
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Nat King Cole Sings The Christmas Song

2007-12-22 16:24:16 by Variety.com * in Thompson On Hollywood
 
Aside from Irving Berlin's White Christmas, The Christmas Song , written by Mel Torme and Robert Walls, is one of the most enduring Christmas pop songs ever, and in 1946 made Nat King Cole a star Here are the lyrics, which Walls scrawled in a rush one blistering L.A. summer day Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your...
 
Tags: christmas song, walls, robert walls, christmas pop songs, 9th line, nat, merry christmas, gonna spy, season bright
 
 
 
 
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List #1 for 2007

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2007-12-22 11:35:00 by Joe in Fin de cinema
Here's my first list of the year. There'll be at least two more (best, worst) and maybe another (performances), but here are your best new-to-region-1-DVDs of 2007, in alphabetical order. I didn't have the time or patience to annotate the list, so please forgive (I've been catching up on The Wire , which is better than fucking sliced-bread....
 
Tags: dir, criterion, anger, jean-pierre, kenneth anger, pedro almodvar collection, jean-pierre cassel, pedro almodvar, koch lorber
 
 
 
 
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2007-12-24 19:08:00 by Tanner in Double O Section