Tag: German Film Festival

What You Can See From Here [Was man von hier aus sehen kann] — German Film Festival 2023

What You Can See From Here [Was man von hier aus sehen kann] — German Film Festival 2023

Review by Michele E. Hawkins. Selma (Sophia Vogel) and Heinrich (Golo Euler) are very happily married and living in a ...
First Snow of Summer [Sterne unter der Stadt] — German Film Festival 2023

First Snow of Summer [Sterne unter der Stadt] — German Film Festival 2023

Review by John P. Harvey. Alexander (Matteo Di Sapia) lost his mother shortly after his birth. A few years later, ...
Family Affairs [Der Nachname] — German Film Festival 2023

Family Affairs [Der Nachname] — German Film Festival 2023

Review by John P. Harvey. The events of Family Affairs follow some years after those of the earlier comedy hit ...
Golden Years [Die goldenen Jahre] — German Film Festival 2023

Golden Years [Die goldenen Jahre] — German Film Festival 2023

Review by Michele E. Hawkins. Retirement can be a two-edged sword, especially if you’re a married couple with very different ...
A Thousand Lines [Tausend Zeilen] — German Film Festival 2023

A Thousand Lines [Tausend Zeilen] — German Film Festival 2023

Review by John P. Harvey. Taking a slightly (but only slightly) absurdist approach to its central subject matter of counterfeit ...
The Peacock [Der Pfau] — German Film Festival 2023

The Peacock [Der Pfau] — German Film Festival 2023

Review by John P. Harvey. The Peacock opens with several mysteries that threaten to coalesce. A weekend workshop retreat that ...
Franky Five Star — German Film Festival 2023

Franky Five Star — German Film Festival 2023

Review by John P. Harvey. Franky (Lena Urzendowsky) has an internal life that’s rich: in fact, too rich. Sharing the ...
The Robber Hotzenplotz [Der Räuber Hotzenplotz] — German Film Festival 2023

The Robber Hotzenplotz [Der Räuber Hotzenplotz] — German Film Festival 2023

Review by Michele E. Hawkins. The Robber Hotzenplotz (Nicholas Ofczarek) has been at it again, this time stealing Granny Schlotterbeck’s ...
The Forger [Der Passfälscher] — German Film Festival

The Forger [Der Passfälscher] — German Film Festival

Review by John P. Harvey. Samson “Cioma” Schönhaus (Louis Hofmann) is under threat in Nazi Germany. His Jewish parents and ...
Risks & Side Effects [Risiken & Nebenwirkungen] — German Film Festival 2022

Risks & Side Effects [Risiken & Nebenwirkungen] — German Film Festival 2022

Review by John P. Harvey. Kathrin (Inka Friedrich) learns that the reason she has been tired of late is that ...