Film Review: The Tasters (2025)
Seven young women are forced into a role which they would not have chosen in war-time Germany in 1943. AContinue Reading
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Miroirs no.3 – London Film Festival 2025
A broken family and an emotionally broken young woman are brought together following an accident, and lives start to beContinue Reading
Film Review: Two to One (2025)
With an impressive cast including Oscar nominee Sandra Hüller, director Natja Brunkhorst’s light yet heart-felt comedy Two to One opens inContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber’s Shout at the Devil (Special Edition)
Lee Marvin and Roger Moore team up to con and eventually take down the German army during WW1 Africa in ShoutContinue Reading
Film Review: Cuckoo (2024)
Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens headline the deliriously wicked and strange Cuckoo, one of 2024’s best films. Writer/Director Tilman Singer’s wildlyContinue Reading
Falling into Place: Raindance Film Festival 2024
Aylin Tezel takes on the combined role of director, actor, and writer in her feature debut Falling into Place, which isContinue Reading
Es Brennt/It’s Burning: Raindance Film Festival 2024
Based on real events in Germany, writer/director Erol Afsin’s debut feature has important things to say about racial hatred andContinue Reading
The Teachers’ Lounge / Das Lehrerzimmer – MANIFF 2024
An outstanding performance from Leonie Benesch in Ilker Çatak’s German-language Oscar-nominated The Teachers’ Lounge / Das Lehrerzimmer is another in the lineContinue Reading
Film Review: Where is Anne Frank (2022)
Bringing Anne Frank’s Diary to life for a new generation, acclaimed director Ari Folman’s Where is Anne Frank is a thoughtful, emotionalContinue Reading
Film Review: Fabian – Going To The Dogs (2021)
Premiering at the 2021 Berlinale and acquiring an armful of trophies at the German Film Awards, Dominik Graf’s version ofContinue Reading