'Effigy: Poison and the City': Film Review

Alissa Simon Film CriticA naïve teenager comes of age amid the carnage of World War I’s Eastern Front in this propulsive adaptation of Aleksandrs Grins’ 1934 patriotic classic “Blizzard of Souls.” With its muscular direction by former documentarian Dzintars Dreibergs, atmospheric cinematography and careful attention to period detail, this account of a troop of Latvian Riflemen fighting first for the Russian Imperial Army against invading German forces and then for an independent Latvia should

straight to your inboxManchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan is confident that Kai Havertz and Timo Werner 'will improve' after a difficult start to life at new club Chelsea.Frank Lampard's side were the summer's heavy spenders after they splashed out over £200million on new signings, with nearly £150miilion of it being spent on the highly-rated German duo.

straight to your inboxChelsea won't drop Timo Werner against Manchester City, Frank Lampard has suggested.Werner has struggled to replicate his prolific goalscoring form from his time at RB Leipzig since his move to the Premier League, with some calls for the German to be taken out of the firing line. However, Chelsea boss Frank Lampard says Werner's qualities lend themselves to facing a team like City, who will provide a more open game than most visitors to Stamford Bridge.

Kiko Martinez The amount of literary content German authors Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were able to publish during the early to mid-19th century has given Hollywood a seemingly bottomless trove of imaginative narratives to pull from.

recently named the best performing private-equity firm in Europe, said it would combine the Priory Group with Median, Germany’s largest provider of rehabilitation and neurology treatments to create “Europe’s leading rehabilitation and mental health services providers”. The combined group will be able to treat 260,000 patients across 570 clinics.

straight to your inboxBorussia Dortmund are looking to raid Manchester City's academy for another promising youngster in Jayden Braaf, according to reports.Dortmund have made a habit in recent years of signing some of the world's most talented teenagers and helping them develop in world-class players, which began when they signed Jadon Sancho from City in 2017.The German giants have already looked to repeat the trick when they signed 16-year-old Jamie Bynoe-Gittens on a free from the Blues this

straight to your inboxIlkay Gundogan played down injury concerns after picking up a knock in Manchester City's Boxing Day victory over Newcastle United.Gundogan scored the opening goal as Pep Guardiola's men beat Newcastle 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium in their first game after Christmas.

Fair City fans can enjoy an extended episode on Christmas Day as there’s a 40-minute episode of Carrigstown drama in store.

Christmas time can amplify negative emotions and feelings just as much as positive ones and that’s exactly where Anto is at on Wednesday’s episode of Fair City.

Naman Ramachandran International Film Trust (IFT) has sold several international territories on action thriller “Dangerous,” starring Scott Eastwood and Mel Gibson.Territories sold include Koch for Germany, You Planet for Spain, Eagle for the Middle East, Top Film for the CIS, Programme 4 Media for Eastern Europe, and Pris for Portugal.Eastwood plays a reformed sociopath, who, after the death of his brother, heads to a remote island which soon falls under siege from a deadly gang of

straight to your inboxLeroy Sane has been told to improve his defensive play if he wants more minutes at Bayern Munich. The former Manchester City player joined Bayern in the summer following a drawn-out pursuit from the German champions that was ended in the summer 2019 transfer window due to his long-term knee injury but completed a year later.

coronavirus pandemic and split into two parts later in 2021, organizers said Friday.The “Berlinale” had been scheduled for February in the German capital but cannot go ahead due to the likelihood that coronavirus restrictions on large gatherings will continue, organizers said.To give the film industry a venue to market their products in the first quarter, however, a virtual Berlinale will be held online in March.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLast June, BMG announced that it was examining the contracts of the recorded-music catalogs is has acquired in an effort to find evidence of racial disadvantage.The Germany-based company, which was founded in 2008 but has acquired catalogs that date back to the mid 20th century, announced Friday (Dec.

At one point, the 71st Berlin Film Festival was planning on being held as planned. An in person festival, held in February, was always a long shot, but hope sprung eternal.

Berlin Film Festival, one of the world’s leading gathering points for the international film industry, is set to radically alter its 71st edition, Variety has learned exclusively.The festival was originally scheduled to run as a physical event from Feb. 11-21, but rising COVID-19 infections in Germany have forced a rethink.

direct to your inboxManchester United and Manchester City fans will be able to watch games on Amazon Prime through Sky Q after a deal was struck between the two companies.The firms reached an agreement for a carriage deal in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy and Austria, meaning that Prime's football coverage will be available to some Sky customers for the first time.The Amazon Prime Video service is available as an add-on to Sky's existing streaming service NOW TV, as well as to customers with

Veteran German producers Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann and Michael Lehmann will adapt Max Sprenger's best-selling autobiography Tsunami im Kopf (Tsunami in the Head), about Sprenger's life with locked-in syndrome, for the screen. German director Marco Petry (Heiter bis wolkig) will helm the feature and co-write the script with partner Janina Petry.

4/1 to win Europe's biggest prize with thepools.com putting them just behind the holder's and favourites Bayern Munich.