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
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
Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber’s Witness For the Prosecution (KL Studio Classics)
Charles Laughton and Billy Wilder team up for the courtroom potboiler Witness for the Prosecution. New to Blu-Ray from Kino Lorber. TheContinue Reading
Streaming Series Review: Apple TV’s Masters of Air
Producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks reteam for another limited series about WW2. Masters of the Air focuses on the campaign victoriesContinue Reading
The Books He Didn’t Burn: Raindance Film Festival 2023
The texts that Adolf Hitler chose to keep in his library tell us much about the man and his philosophy.Continue Reading