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Fabelmans, The (2022)

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As You Were (2014)

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Tag / Germany

June 26, 2021August 8, 2021 by Eternality Tan

And Tomorrow the Entire World (2020)

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  • 2020, Germany
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The sum is lesser than its parts in this interesting but ultimately unconvincing Venice offering that deals with a group of anti-fascist youths who become increasingly violent in their moral fight against the rise of ultra-right ideologies in Germany.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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June 25, 2021August 16, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Barbara (2012)

  • Petzold, Christian
  • 2012, Christian Petzold, Germany
  • 2 Comments

Petzold’s strong command of his craft is evident here in this measured and nuanced Stasi anti-thriller featuring a wary female doctor in ‘80s East Germany who desires to defect. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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June 17, 2021November 7, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Yella (2007)

  • Petzold, Christian
  • 2007, Christian Petzold, Germany
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It draws heavy inspiration from the 1962 indie horror ‘Carnival of Souls‘, but the storytelling and execution are unmistakably Petzold’s as he tackles failed dreams and false hopes in this slow-burning psychological biz thriller.  

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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June 9, 2021November 7, 2021 by Eternality Tan

State I Am In, The (2000)

  • Petzold, Christian
  • 2000, Christian Petzold, Germany
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A teenage girl and her parents who are far-left terrorists on the run are the focus of this promising and largely riveting feature debut that combines coming-of-age tropes with crime and politics, while at the same time turning some of these conventions upside-down.  

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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May 25, 2021November 7, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Jerichow (2008)

  • Petzold, Christian
  • 2008, Christian Petzold, Germany
  • 1 Comment

The eternal love triangle is given the Hitchcockian treatment in Petzold’s spare but tightly-executed melodrama about outsiders in society. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 11, 2021May 17, 2021 by Eternality Tan

White Ribbon, The (2009)

  • Haneke, Michael
  • 2009, Austria, Germany, Michael Haneke
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Haneke’s ultra-bleak view of humanity culminates in this masterful magnum opus.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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April 19, 2021March 10, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Isle of Dogs (2018)

  • Anderson, Wes
  • 2018, Germany, USA, Wes Anderson
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Wes Anderson’s quirky set-in-Japan dogs’ tale is breathtaking in its stop-motion animation detail, while accruing a rhythmic sense of movement and storytelling momentum from start to end.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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January 16, 2021October 29, 2021 by Eternality Tan

My Sister’s Good Fortune (1995)

  • Schanelec, Angela
  • 1995, Angela Schanelec, Germany
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Schanelec’s graduation feature sets her observant slow-cinema style in stone in this unconventional love triangle drama where the protagonist is torn between loving two women who are half-sisters. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 14, 2020May 10, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Germany Year Zero (1948)

  • Criterion Collection, Rossellini, Roberto
  • 1948, Germany, Roberto Rossellini
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The third film of Rossellini’s heartbreaking neorealist ‘War’ trilogy tackles postwar Germany through the eyes of a boy suffering from material and moral poverty.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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December 3, 2020October 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Haunted Castle, The (1921)

  • Murnau, F.W
  • 1921, F.W. Murnau, Germany
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An early below-average work from Murnau that is neither here nor there from a genre perspective, whether as a murder mystery or horror film. 

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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