Oliver Hirschbiegel

Features

Monkey Business (Part 4: August)

By Bill Gibron

In past years, Hollywood purposely counter programmed these renowned Cineplex dog days, trying to offset the perception that cinematic scraps were all the studios had to offer. From the look of this lame list, it's apparently back to the filmic fridge for some patently warmed over offerings. [4 May 2007]

Reviews

The Invasion

By Bill Gibron

With 2007’s oft-delayed The Invasion, there is simply no more symbolic juice left. [19 August 2007]

The Invasion (2007)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (who made the impressive Downfall), the film goes from sharp paranoid thriller to noisy action flick. [17 August 2007]

Downfall (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Eva and Hitler kill themselves off-screen, the precise steps they took unseen because, the director says, 'the worst thing that could happen to this most horrible person of history is that he become a myth'. [4 August 2005]

Downfall (Der Untergang) (2004)

By Lester Pimentel

Downfall's preoccupation with a flesh-and-blood Hitler is central to its meditation on fanaticism. [4 March 2005]

Das Experiment (2001)

By Marco Lanzagorta

Forget about Freddy and Dr. Lecter. Das Experiment is a truly terrifying film. [14 July 2003]