Every Night the Trees Disappear: Werner Herzog and the Making of Heart of Glass

How to explain the genius of Werner Herzog?

"...How to explain the genius of Werner Herzog? It's like trying to explain the clouds to..."

May 4, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Every Night the Trees Disappear: Werner Herzog and the Making of 'Heart of Glass'

May 4, 2012 Books Feature

From the Vaults: Herzog's Ecstasy of Truth

Werner Herzog on documentary filmmaking

"..."I'm after some deeper truth, said filmmaker Werner Herzog to Austin Chronicle interviewer Marrit Ingman regarding his..."

March 1, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

What Would Werner Do?

New to home viewing: A feast of Herzog, ‘Zero Charisma’

"...batshit-crazy – behavior has long been a hallmark of Werner Herzog's heroes; think Fitzcarraldo pushing a boat up a..."

April 8, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Herzog's Veracity in 'Rescue Dawn'?

"...Dear Editor, I followed the Chronicle's four-star recommendation for Werner Herzog's film Rescue Dawn [Film Listings, July 27] and..."

Aug. 6, 2007 Postmarks

The Big Seedy

Werner Herzog talks about his eccentric tour de farce, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

"...Werner Herzog has always been a feral filmmaker. Confirmation of..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

My Best Fiend

"...Directed by: Werner Herzog. What happens when you put the two alpha..."

March 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Grizzly Man

This documentary reveals how Timothy Treadwell, the popular grizzly bear preservationist, may have needed the bears more than they needed him.

"...Directed by: Werner Herzog. "Lions, and tigers, and bears. Oh my!" It’s..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Echoes From a Somber Empire

"...Directed by: Werner Herzog. The documentaries of Werner Herzog exhibit the same..."

Oct. 2, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

Werner Herzog focuses on Siberian fur trappers in his latest documentary.

"...Directed by: Dmitry Vasyukov and Werner Herzog...."

March 1, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Werner Herzog goes down the internet rabbit hole

"...Directed by: Werner Herzog...."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bring It

'Soldier of Cinema' Werner Herzog unloads on the state of short film and the ancient Greek drama that is WWF

"...Has there ever been another filmmaker like Germany's Werner Herzog?..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Ever-intrepid Werner Herzog guides us through a cave in southern France that holds the oldest drawings known to humanity.

"...Directed by: Werner Herzog. Lions and bison and bears! Oh my! Such..."

May 20, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Discord and Ecstasy

Werner Herzog on 'Grizzly Man'

"...Naturalist Timothy Treadwell had all the makings of a Werner Herzog hero: personal demons, a mysterious and difficult past,..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Amongst Fiends

Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski's Colorful Relationship

"..."r" and still remain the best of fiends. Director Werner Herzog demonstrates something of this capacity with his new..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gummo

White-trash hell from the writer of Kids.

"...won by generations of your artistic betters: Luis Buñuel, Werner Herzog, Todd Haynes, even David Lynch. To honestly build..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Kaspar Hauser

"...presumed to be of royal parentage -- and that Werner Herzog, in 1975, also used the mystery as the..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Father Is Coming

An immigrant actress' father visits her from Germany and does better in America than she – plus he begins to date Annie Sprinkle.

"...New German Cinema who has appeared in films by Werner Herzog and Alexander Kluge among others, turns out to..."

May 22, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Rescue Dawn

German arthouse director Werner Herzog tells the story of Navy air pilot and POW Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) and proves that he is capable – like his characters – of almost anything.

"...Directed by: Werner Herzog. Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Teerawat..."

July 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

An unsatisfying film/experiment/prank that combines the forces of Werner Herzog and David Lynch.

"...Directed by: Werner Herzog. Starring: Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny, Brad..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Nic Cage delivers one of his best and most outrageous performances in Werner Herzog's cops-and-iguanas drama.

"...Directed by: Werner Herzog. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Fairuza..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Encounters at the End of the World

Werner Herzog, contemporary cinema's most consistently lyrical examiner of the (in)human condition, returns to the documentary form in yet another wonderfully improbable locale: Antarctica.

"...Directed by: Werner Herzog. I have an idea for a terrific new..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Herdsmen of the Sun and Les Maitres Fou

"...Directed by: Werner Herzog and Jean Rouch. Herzog returns to Africa (where..."

Jan. 17, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Into the Abyss

In his latest documentary, Werner Herzog tackles the subject of the death penalty in Texas.

"...Directed by: Werner Herzog...."

Nov. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVD Watch: 'Dinotasia'

'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' meets 'Jurassic Park'

"...So Werner Herzog narrated an animated film about dinosaurs. No, wait,..."

Nov. 6, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mister Lonely

Oddly, Harmony Korine's film may be his most accessible as a director, featuring characters and images that are unforgettable – even if they don't add up to a complete narrative or visual whole.

"...Harmony Korine. Starring: Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant, Werner Herzog, James Fox, Anita Pallenberg, Richard Strange, Melita Morgan,..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bite Me

Graham Reynolds performs score for 'Nosferatu'

"...Popol Vuh's spookfolk score for Werner Herzog's 1979 Nosferatu is one of our favorite dark..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

Herzog on Chatwin becomes Herzog exposed

"...There are two constants about Werner Herzog's documentaries. First, that he never seems interested in..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jack Reacher

Tom Cruise stars as the title character of Lee Child's novels in this thriller directed by the writer of Valkyrie and The Usual Suspects.

"...Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, David Oyelowo and Werner Herzog...."

Dec. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Louis Black

Conquest of the Useless: Reflections From the Making of 'Fitzcarraldo'

The filming of Werner Herzog's 1982 epic, Fitzcarraldo, in the Amazonian depths of Peru seemed mythically doomed from its inception

"...of the Useless: Reflections From the Making of 'Fitzcarraldo'by Werner Herzog Ecco, 306 pp., $24.99..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Screens Review by Audra Schroeder

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