Film-Forward

Germany

The Teachers’ Lounge | TIFF 2023

Ilker Catak’s pressure cooker drama has been chosen as Germany’s Best International Feature Oscar submission for 2023.

Fabian: Going to the Dogs

Welcome to Weimar–era Berlin, a world of economic instability, wild partying, cabaret performers, rampant sexuality, and where Nazis are beginning to march the streets.

Undine

An atmospheric and modern-day take on the legend of an ill-fated water sprite.

The Audition

Director Ina Weisse has crafted a refined film showcasing a standout performance by Nina Hoss.

Transit

An enigmatic study of living in limbo on the way to somewhere else.

The People vs. Fritz Bauer

How a German Jewish, gay, ex-political prisoner, and prosecutor fought East and West German bureaucracies to bring war criminals to court.

Labyrinth of Lies

Vergangenheitsbewältigung: to come to terms with the past, as postwar Germany has consistently done regarding the Third Reich. True, right? Since the Nuremberg Trials, the country has cultivated an image of a contrite nation that accepted with alacrity its responsibility for genocide and that has conscientiously required historical education so future generations would learn from […]

Victoria

Gimmicks and tricks have been around since the birth of cinema, whether it be Cinemascope, 3-D, or Smell-o-Vision (thank you, John Waters). The ones that stood the test of time generally enhance the overall cinematic experience. Others, such as the Dogme 95 movement and, please God, found footage films, fade into the collective memory of […]

Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery

Written and Directed by Arne Birkenstock Produced by Birkenstock, Helmut G. Weber, Thomas Springer & Edward MacLiam Released by KimStim German with English subtitles Germany. 93 min. Not rated Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery is more straightforward than earlier explorations of skullduggery in the art market, from Harry Moses’s Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? […]