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July 12, 2023

Afire mercilessly skewers the suffering artist

Christian Petzold writes & directs a dark comedy about a writer who's forced to let life get in the way of his creative process.
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October 28, 2022

All Quiet on the Western Front is handsome and harrowing

Germany's Oscar submission is still a grueling wonder even if it doesn't adapt the source material's stirring introspection.
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August 16, 2020

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

Christian Alvart's remake of a 2014 Spanish thriller turns post-Wall German backwoods into a tense stage for murder and grit.
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June 26, 2020

Nothing can prepare you for the finale of “Dark”

Germany's surprise hit time-bending soap opera returns & is more out there than ever before.
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July 19, 2019

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

Race, control, and patriarchy reign in July's offerings from Criterion.
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October 26, 2018

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

Luca Guadagnino’s disturbing, cerebral remake of the Dario Argento giallo original is an ice-hot knife to the cerebellum, its scares shrouded in terrifying mystique. This..
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May 16, 2018

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

Rudiger Suchsland’s second documentary on the cinema of Hitler’s Germany takes a fascinating, if surface-level, look at the ways entertainment gave rise to fascism. This..