The Danish provocateur’s ambitious attempt to intellectualise sex and sexuality comes across as both fascinating and plodding in this first volume.
Tag / Germany
System Crasher (2019)
Continue reading →One of 2019’s most impressive films, this is full-throttle filmmaking with both substance and style, backed by an incredible performance by 11-year old Helena Zengel.
Antichrist (2009)
Continue reading →One would expect no less from a filmmaker hell-bent in making you severely depressed and squirmy – in the name of art, but what beautiful, sensationalizing art.
On the Beach at Night Alone (2017)
Continue reading →In the context of Hong Sang-soo’s extramarital affair with actress Kim Min-hee, the work holds more resonance and significance than its delicate and melancholic style would suggest.
In the Fade (2017)
Continue reading →Akin goes decidedly more mainstream in this uneven drama fronted by an excellent Diane Kruger.
Edge of Heaven, The (2007)
Continue reading →Powerful and thought-provoking, this is one of Fatih Akin’s finest works.
Shut Up and Play the Piano (2018)
Continue reading →One of the year’s surprise discoveries, this Chilly Gonzales music documentary will make you fall in love with the eccentricities of music-making.
