German and German-language Films
Oh Boy: a young man without purpose and focus comes to accept responsibility and care for the world
Jan Ole Gerster, “Oh Boy” (2012) Debut film for German director Jan Ole Gerster, “Oh
Category: German and German-language Films
Reviews of films from Germany and German-language films from other areas.
German and German-language Films
Run Lola Run: a mundane crime thriller plot set in a highly deterministic universe where humans run in preprogrammed loops
Tommy Tykwer, “Lola rennt / Run Lola Run” (1998) A mundane plot set in Berlin
German and German-language Films
The American Friend: an investigation into the nature of individual and collective identity
Wim Wenders, “Der Amerikanische Freund / The American Friend” (1977) Based on the novel “Ripley’s
German and German-language Films
Metropolis (dir. by Fritz Lang, reconstructed + restored): near-full restoration carries a populist message of fear and conservative belief
Fritz Lang, “Metropolis (reconstructed + restored)” (1928) I’ve had the opportunity to see “Metropolis” (which
German and German-language Films | North American Films
Paris, Texas: a film of isolation and rootlessness that cannot find purchase in a ruthless machine society
Wim Wenders, “Paris, Texas” (1984) One of American cinema’s finest yet under-appreciated treasures must surely
German and German-language Films | North American Films
Hollywood and The Pentagon: A Dangerous Liaison – where entertainment recruits cannon fodder for the military
Maria Pia Mascaro, “Hollywood and The Pentagon: A Dangerous Liaison / Marschbefehl für Hollywood” (2003)
British Films | French and French-language Films | German and German-language Films
Mr Turner: a microcosm of 19th-century British society through the life of J M W Turner
Mike Leigh, “Mr Turner” (2014) I confess I always have the time of day for
German and German-language Films
Lili Marleen: a celebration and critique of the Hollywood musical tradition and its historical context
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, “Lili Marleen” (1981) An unhappy tale of thwarted love, Fassbinder’s “Lili Marleen”
German and German-language Films
The American Soldier: focusing on alienation and longing for connection
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, “Der Amerikanische Soldat / The American Soldier” (1970) A loosely stitched pastiche
German and German-language Films
Gods of the Plague: a character study on social hypocrisy, loneliness and the destruction of dreams
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, “Götter der Pest / Gods of the Plague” (1970) Following on from