Waist of Time: Sissi is no Sissy in Kreutzer’s Rebel Biopic
The foreboding restraints of an upper body female garment figuratively represent the repression and...
Kneedful Things: Lapid Highlights Complex Conflicts in Indignant Screech
The entirety of Ahed’s Knee, the fourth film from Israel’s Nadav Lapid, is formatted to aggravate...
The Story of My Wife
Produced by Monika Mécs, András Muhi, Erno Mésterhazy, Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Flaminio Zadra and Pilar Saavedra Perrotta.
Directed...
Winning the Golden Bear at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival, Nadav Lapid’s third film Synonyms was one of the best theatrical releases of...
Fugee Fugue: Perceptions and Paranoia Make Bitter Bedfellows in Morina’s Drama
For anyone who’s ever experienced the phenomenon of ‘otherness,’ Visar Morina’s terrific sophomore film...
The Story of My Wife
Produced by Monika Mécs, András Muhi, Erno Mésterhazy, Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Flaminio Zadra and Pilar Saavedra Perrotta.
Directed...
Exil
Kosovo’s Visar Morina embarks on another co-production (Kosovo/Germany/Belgium) for sophomore feature, Exil, a project produced by the high-profile trio of Janine Jackowski (we profiled...
Lost in Translation: Lapid Languishes in Enigmatic, Complex Study on Cultural Identities
The rejection of self and the adoption of persona are prominent themes pouring...
The Passenger
Another New Romanian Wave essential, Corneliu Porumboiu borrows a moniker from Antonioni for his fifth feature, The Passenger (previously known as Gomera). A...
Roads
It’s been four years since German director Sebastian Schipper’s single take thriller Victoria (2015), but he’ll back in 2019 with his first English language...
Producer Janine Jackowski has quietly fostered a new era of art-house German cinema off lauded output from directors Maren Ade and Ulrich Kohler (who...
Recapping yesterday's 20 to 11 countdown/up.
20. David Mackenzie's Hell or High Water
19. Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Creepy
18. Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship
17. Anders Thomas Jensen's Men...
Tony Toni Tone: Maren Ade Returns with Profound Portrait of Estranged Family Members
Comedic films coming out of Germany, at least those nabbing international acclaim...
The Cannes Film Festival is getting ready to bestow several awards, including the highest honor. Not surprisingly, the majority of the jury think that Maren Ade's...
Eric Lavallee: Hello Nicholas. Yesterday we completed week one and we're close to the midway point. We've been anticipating Maren Ade's Toni Erdmann for...
While the Un Certain Regard section certainly has populated their section with some German items, there have remarkably been zilch film entries in the...
Tis the season for fevered wish lists and constantly fluctuating prognostications concerning the soon to be revealed 2016 program at the Cannes Film Festival....
Toni Erdmann
Director: Maren Ade
Writer: Maren Ade
Though many be unfamiliar with her work, which is a pity since both her previous films are available in...
Toni Erdmann
Director: Maren Ade
Writers: Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade
Producers: coop99's Bruno Wagner and HiFilm Productions' Ada Solomon
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Sandra Hüller, Peter...