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Fantasia 2020: “Free Country” is “True Detective” in the Eastern Bloc

Free Country
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Christian Alvart’s remake of a 2014 Spanish thriller turns post-Wall German backwoods into a tense stage for murder and grit.

Clint Worthington Posted on August 16, 2020August 16, 2020

Nothing can prepare you for the finale of “Dark”

Dark Season 3
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Germany’s surprise hit time-bending soap opera returns & is more out there than ever before.

Beau North Posted on June 26, 2020June 27, 2020

Criterion Corner: “Do the Right Thing”, “1984”, “Klute”, “The BRD Trilogy”

Do the Right Thing Criterion 1984 Klute BRD Trilogy
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Race, control, and patriarchy reign in July’s offerings from Criterion.

Clint Worthington Posted on July 19, 2019December 11, 2019

Suspiria (2018) Review: A Bone-Chilling Descent Into Existential Horror

SUSPIRIA (2018)
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Luca Guadagnino’s disturbing, cerebral remake of the Dario Argento giallo original is an ice-hot knife to the cerebellum, […]

Clint Worthington Posted on October 26, 2018August 2, 2020

Hitler’s Hollywood Review: Doc Explores Dark Periods of German Cinema History

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Rudiger Suchsland’s second documentary on the cinema of Hitler’s Germany takes a fascinating, if surface-level, look at the […]

Marshall Estes Posted on May 16, 2018July 30, 2020
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