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2015
Leviathan
Dancing Arabs / A Borrowed Identity
The Face of an Angel
Far From Men
Hockney
You’re Ugly Too
2016
Suffragette
Mustang
Shirley – Visions of Reality
The Commune
Bakur
Café Belgica
Comrade Where Are You Today?
Paterson
Aloys
Frank Zappa – Eat That Question
2017
The Happiest day in the Life of Olli Mäki
Junction 48
Ein Kontinent als Beute (Europe – a continent as booty)
Die andere Seite von Hoffnung / The other side of hope
Gimme Danger
Sing It Loud – Luthers Erben in Tansania (Sing it Loud – Luther’s heirs in Tanzania)
The Party
Das ist unser Land (Chez Nous)
My Father’s Wings (Babamın Kanatları)
2018
Black Panther
Taste of Cement
Tokat
Everything Must Fall
The Girl in the Spider‘s Web
2019
January 2019
Mary Poppins Returns
Shoplifters
Mary, Queen of Scots
British Shorts festival
Origins of Working Class Cinema
Fahrenheit 11/9
The Favourite
Womit haben wir das verdient? / What have we done to deserve this?
Colette
February 2019
Green book
Beautiful Boy
Yuli
Finally Got the News
Brecht
RBG
Der goldene Handschuh
Can you ever forgive me?
Vision
Vice
March 2019
Boy Erased
Ash is Purest White
Die Göttliche Ordnung (The Divine Order)
Beale Street/ If Beale Street could talk
On the basis of Sex
vom lokfuehrer, der die liebe sucht… / the bra
mid90s
The Sisters Brothers
Trautmann
Capernaum
Us
April 2019
The old man and the gun
Another day of life
Border
Pet Sematary
Young Picasso
Weil du nur einmal lebst – die Toten Hosen on Tour
Ayka
Van Gogh – At Eternity’s Gate
Life of Brian
Atlas
Teeth
How I taught myself to be a child
Nothing like a Dame
May 2019
Fighting with my family
Das schönste Paar
Planet Terror
Liebesfilm
Der Flohmarkt von Madame Claire / Claire Darling
Macht das alles einen Sinn?
Stan and Ollie
Kleine Germanen
Nur eine Frau / Only a Woman
Die rote Linie / The Red Line
Greta
Die kinder der utopie / children of utopia
Family photo
The Ground beneath my feet – Der Boden unter den Füßen
Das Ende der Wahrheit
Edie
Rocket Man
The High Life
June 2019
Roads
The dead don’t die
All my loving
Non-Fiction / Zwischen den Zeilen
Britt Marie was here
PUSH
Inna de Yard
Sunset
Tolkien
July 2019
Peterloo
David Lynch – The Art Life
Rebels
Geheimnis eines Lebens / Red Joan
Tel Aviv on Fire
Yesterday
Apocalypse Now – The Final Cut
They Shall not Grow Old
Made in China
Cleo
Leid und Herrlichkeit / Pain and Glory
Messer im Herz / Knife+Heart
August 2019
The Hateful Eight
Ein Becken voller Männer / Sink or swim
Black Honey: the life and poetry of Avraham Sutskever
Es gilt das gesprochene Wort / I Was, I Am, I Will Be
Fisherman’s Friends
Holiday
Who You Think I Am / So wie du mich willst
Und wer nimmt den Hund?
Christiane F
Photograph
Once upon a time … in Hollywood
Crawl
Ich war Zuhause, aber (I was at home, but)
Raving Iran
Der unverhoffte Charme des Geldes / The Fall of the American Empire
Gloria / Gloria Bell
Blinded by the light
Das zweite Leben des Monsieur Alain / Man in a Hurry
Golden Twenties
Late Night
Lola Rennt / Run Lola Run
September 2019
Frau Stern / Ms Stern
Prélude
Synonyms
Und der Zukunft zugewandt
Petting statt Pershing
Diego | Maradona
Ein leichtes Mädchen / An Easy Girl
Wer 4 sind
Midsommar
Systemsprenger
October 2019
The White Crow
Skin
Memory Games
The Laundromat / Die Geldwäscherei
By the Grace of God / Gelobt sei Gott
Der Glanz der Unsichtbaren / The Invisibles
M.C. Escher – Reise in die Unendlichkeit / M.C. Escher – Journey into Infinity
Deutschstunde / The German Lesson
Joker
Ich war noch niemals in New York
After the Wedding
Das Kapital im 21. Jahrhundert / Capital in the 21st Century
Parasite
November 2019
Lieber Antoine als gar keine Ärger / The Trouble with You
Porträt einer junge Frau in Flammen / Portrait of a Lady on Fire
My Zoe
Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love
1, 2, 3
Booksmart
A Dog called money
Lara
Official Secrets
Ich bin Anastasia
Pferde stehlen / Out stealing horses
Amazing Grace
Hustlers
The Lighthouse / Der Leichtturm
December 2019
Mein Ende. Dein Anfang
La Belle Epoque / Die schönste Zeit unseres Lebens
Das perfekte Geheimnis
…and the unclaimed + If you dare desire
The Specials / Alles außer gewöhnlich
Last Christmas
A Rainy Day in New York
Auerhaus
Motherless Brooklyn
Die Wache / Keep an Eye Out
Die Glitzernden Garnelen / The Shiny Shrimps
Wild Rose
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl / When Hitler stole pink rabbit
2020
January 2020
The Farewell
Judy
Knives Out
Cunningham
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Queen & Slim
Cats
Einsam, Zweisam / Someone, Somewhere
Freies Land / Free Country
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding!
1917
Jojo Rabbit
Vom Giessen des Zitronenbaums / It must be Heaven
Alkohol – Der globale Rausch
Les Misérables / Die Wütenden
Das Vorspiel / The Audition
February 2020
Ein verborgenes Leben / A Hidden Life
Mystify: Michael Hutchence
Sorry We Missed You
Little Women
Enkel für Anfänger / Granny Nanny
The Lodge
Varda by Agnès
Intrige / An Officer and a Spy
Bliss
Parasite (black and white version)
Bombshell
Fighting for a city
LiftOff Festival International shorts
The Murder of Fred Hampton
Sea Sorrow
Anne at 13,000 feet
The Devil’s Backbone
Adults in the Room
Grève ou Crève / Fight or Die
Angela: Portrait of a Revolutionary
White Riot
Stateless
Police / Night Shift
March 2020
Nardjes A.
Aus dem Nichts / In the Fade
Die Känguru-Chroniken
Just Mercy
La Vérité / The Truth
Paris Calligrammes
For Sama / Für Sama
Der Unsichtbare / The Invisible Man
Jenseits des Sichtbaren – Hilma af Klint / Beyond the Visible – Hilma af Klint
May 2020
Master Cheng in Pohjanjoki
June 2020
Undine
July 2020
Monos
Die Perfekte Kandidatin / The Perfect Candidate
Suzi Q
The Shining
Suicide Tourist / Exit Plan
Helmut Newton – The Bad and the Beautiful
Harriet
Berlin Alexanderplatz
I Am Not Your Negro
Siberia
Astronaut
Sibyl
Once Upon a Time in the West
And then we danced / Als wir tanzten
Radioactive / Marie Curie – Elemente des Lebens
A Fantastic Woman / Eine fantastische Frau
The Best Years of a Life / Die schönsten Jahre eines Lebens
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?
The Hunt
Krautrock 1 (aka Romantic Warriors IV)
Moonlight
The Best is Yet to Come / Das Beste kommt noch
Waves
Systemsprenger
Richard Jewell / Der Fall Richard Jewell
August 2020
Edison / The Current War
Somebody up there likes me
Auf der Couch in Tunis / Arab Blues
Knives Out
Anton Bruckner – Das verkannte Genie / Anton Bruckner – A Giant in the Making
Wir Beide / Two of Us
Irresistible
The Vigil
La Dolce Vita
Die Sehnsucht der Schwestern Gusmão / Invisible Life
Victoria
Regeln am Band bei hoher Geschwindigkeit
Wings of Desire / Der Himmel über Berlin
The Roads Not Taken / Wege des Lebens
Kokon / Cocoon
Die Kordilliere der Träume / The Cordillera of Dreams
Jaws / Der weiße Hai
Three days in Quiberon / Drei Tage in Quiberon
Der Göttliche Andere / Divine
Exil / Exile
8½
Über die Unendlichkeit / About Endlessness
Man from Beirut
The Climb
Ask Dr. Ruth / Fragen Sie Dr. Ruth
Yalda – A Night for forgiveness
The Big Lebowski
Experiment Sozialismus – Rückkehr nach Kuba
September 2020
Corpus Christi
972 Breakdowns – auf dem Landweg nach New York
I Vitelloni / Die Müssiggänger
Broken – A Palestinian Journey Through International Law
The Traitor / Il Traditore – Als Kronzeuge gegen die Cosa Nostra
Die obskuren Geschichten eines Zugreisenden / Advantages of Travelling by Train
Das Arvo Pärt Gefühl / That Part Feeling – the Universe of Arvo Pärt
Body of Truth
Kiss me Kosher
Julia und die Geister / Juliet of the Spirits
Seberg / Jean Seberg: Against All Odds
Chichinette – Wie ich zufällig Spionin wurde / Chichinette – The Accidental Spy
20,000 Days on Earth
Futur Drei / No Hard Feelings
We almost lost Bochum
David Copperfield – Einmal Reichtum und Zurück / The Personal History of David Copperfield
Die Blechtrommel / The Tin Drum
Eine Nacht im Louvre: Leonardo da Vinci / A Night at the Louvre: Leonardo da Vinci
Never Rarely Sometimes Always / Niemals Selten Manchmal Immer
Persischstunden / Persian Lessons
Pelikanblut / Pelican Blood
October 2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Kundschafter des Friedens
I Miss You / Tu me manques
On the Rocks
Enfant Terrible
Dark Waters / Vergiftete Wahrheit
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Misbehaviour / Die Misswahl
Milla meets Moses / Babyteeth
Eine Frau mit berauschenden Talenten / Mama Weed
Kabul, City in the Wind
Schlingensief – In das schweigen hineinschreien / Schlingensief – A Voice that shook the silence
Exorcist III
I am Greta
Ema
Oeconomia
Rojo (Wenn alle schweigen ist keiner unschuldig)
Kajillionaire
Ein Bißchen bleiben wir noch / Where no one knows us
Dawn of the Dead
Mein Liebhaber, der Esel und ich / My donkey, my lover and I
Gegen den Strom / Against the Tide
Making Montgomery Clift
Winterreise / Winter Journey
Bohnenstange / Beanpole
Und morgen die ganze Welt / And tomorrow the entire world
Schwesterlein / My Little Sister
The Booksellers – Aus Liebe zum Buch
Halloween H20 – Twenty Years Later
November 2020
Frida Kahlo: Die Ikone, die Künstlerin – Frida Kahlo: the icon, the artist
Schlaf / Sleep
The Killing Floor
2021
June 2021
Ema
News of the World
Koyaanisqatsi
Seberg / Jean Seberg: Against All Odds
Death of a Ladies Man
Spring Blossom / Frühling in Paris
Ein Bißchen bleiben wir noch / Where no one knows us
Ich bin dein Mensch / I Am Your Man
Wem gehört mein Dorf? / Who Owns my Village?
Der Rausch / Another Round
A Quiet Place
A Quiet Place 2
The Wanted 18
July 2021
Veins of the World / Die Adern der Welt
The Trouble with Being Born
Aznavour by Charles
Judas and the Black Messiah
Nomadland
In the Mood for Love
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Das Mädchen und die Spinne / The girl and the spider
Waren einmal Revoluzzer / Once Were Rebels
Sommer 85 / Summer of 85
Nebenan / Next Door
Mank
Morgen gehört uns (no English title yet)
Minari
Ammonite
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Excision
Matthias & Maxime
Gaza mon Amour
Rosas Hochzeit / Rosa’s Wedding
Home
Censor
August 2021
Alles ist Eins – außer der 0
Not just your Picture
Fabian oder der Gang vor die Hunde / Fabian: Going to the Dogs
Ivie wie Ivie
Die Welt wird eine andere sein / Copilot
Léon
Falling
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché / Be Natural – Sei Du selbst. Die Filmpionierin Alice Guy-Blaché
Look me Over: Liberace
Gunda
Die Welt jenseits der Stille / The World Beyond Silence
Fargo
No Land’s Song
Promising Young Woman
New Order / Die neue Weltordnung
Blood Simple
Shane / Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
The man behind the Microphone
Die Unbeugsamen
Das Glück zu Leben / The Euphoria of Being
Kusama: Infinity
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
Sequin in a Blue Room
The Father
September 2021
Quo Vadis, Aida
Nahschuss / The Last Execution
Gloria Mundi
Dying to Divorce
Boy meets Boy
Candyman
Now
Stillwater
Curveball
Jacob’s Ladder
Everybody’s Talking about Jamie
Ein Nasser Hund / Wet Dog
Doch das Böse gibt es nicht / There is No Evil
Je Suis Karl
Hinter den Schlagzeilen / Behind the Headlines
Son
Garagenvolk / Garage People
Trans – I Got Life
Donnie Darko
Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse / Mr Bachmann and his Class
Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull / Confessions of Felix Krull
Toubab
Helden der Wahrscheinlichkeit / Riders of Justice
Young Hunter
Schachnovelle / The Royal Game
Mitgefühl / Is it Not Over Yet?
October 2021
Nö
Vicious Fun
Lost in Face
Eine Handvoll Wasser / A Handful of Water
Paolo Conte – Via Con Me
No Time to Die / Keine Zeit zu sterben
Klassenkampf / Class Struggle
The Sparks Brothers
Requiem for a Dream
Zeit der Verleumder
Nowhere Special
Supernova
Titane
Der wilde Wald
Articles on Film
125 Years Charlie Chaplin, 100 Years of the Tramp
Marxism and Art, Part 3: Film Today – Art needs movement
Rocky Horror Picture Show: A stroke of liberation
Racism, Repression and Revolution – 50 years Planet Of The Apes
Favourite films 2018
My favourite films of the 2010s
Best and Worst of 2019
RIP Spartacus
Cinema between the Lockdowns
Not such a bad year after all – 2020 in Film
“Domestic violence is a global problem”: Interview with Chloe Fairweather, director of the film Dying to Divorce
“Dreams are not lost just because they can’t be realised.” Interview with Sobo Swobodnik, director of a new film about Class and Class Struggle
Cinemas in Berlin
Film Quiz(zes)
Which 6 pairs of siblings won Oscars
In the BBC‘s 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century (made in 2016), name the 12 films which were directed by women
Name the 12 “foreign language“ films which have been nominated for the Best film Oscar
Name the 10 People of Colour who have won music Oscars
Name and shame the 37* post-war winners of the Best Film Oscar since 1990 that fail the Bechdel Test (* That I know of. I have no information for Patton, Oliver, The Greatest Show on Earth, All the Kings Men or Gentleman‘s Agreement)
Which 13 British women won a Best Actress Oscar? Bonus point for the film(s)
Which 10 married couples have both won acting or directing Oscars? Bonus points for naming the film(s) for which they won the Oscar
Name the 18 films directed by women which have taken more than $300 internationally. Bonus point for the director.
Which 12 actors won Oscars for performances in a „foreign“ language?
Name the 11 French actresses nominated for the best actress Oscar. And the 17 films for which they were nominated.
The Best Director Oscar was won 16 times by someone who was born within the current EU. Name the director, the film(s) and the current country of their birthplace (if we use the current borders).
Which 20 German films were nominated for Best “foreign” film Oscar. And which 18 people directed them?
Which are the only 11 sports films to have won a best picture, Actor or Director Oscar? Extra points for the sport and the 16 winners
Which 13 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar winners were based on novels or short stories written by women? Bonus point for naming the author
Wikipedia lists 84 Films about the Labour Movement 21 were Oscar nominated. Name them and the 19 Oscars won
Name the 22 films featuring the acting of Madonna and the 23 directors who made them
Name the 14 Ken Loach films set outside England Bonus points for the 11 countries
Name the 9 Best Film Oscar nominees written or directed by one of the Hollywood Ten Extra point for writer/director
Wikipedia lists 165 Christmas films. Which 26 features were Oscar nominated? Bonus points for the Oscars
Which 16 Oscar winners have also won a Razzle for worst acting? Bonus points for the 42 films involved
David Bowie acted in which 22 feature films? Bonus point for the directors
According to mentalfloss (Dec 2018), which are the 20 best selling film soundtracks Bonus point for the director
Name the lead male and female actor in each of the 25 feature films directed by Spike Lee
Which are TimeOut’s 25 most essential LGBTQ+ films ever made? And who directed them?
In 2010, the Guardian listed the “25 best romantic films of all time” Which films? Name the romantic leads
Which 16 films set in Wales does Almostginger say will inspire your visit? Extra point for the director
Which were BBC Culture’s 25 best films by female directors 1916-2019? And who were the directors?
According to Esquire, which 25 musical biopics actually rock? Points for the film, musician(s) and director
Name Oprah magazine’s “28 of the Best Irish Movies to Watch for an Escape”. Extra point for the directors
What did yardbarker website call “The 25 best political biopic movies”? And who played the subject(s) of the biopic?
According to Country Living which are the 24 best Easter Movies 2021? And who directed them?
According to Ranker, which are the 25 best films based on books? And who wrote the book?
According to Ranker, which are the 25 best movies based on plays? And who wrote the play?
Which 23 non-Oscar winning films did the Independent call “brilliant”? And who won that year’s Oscar?
Which are the New York Labor History Association’s best ever union movies? Points for director, lead actor and actress
Category Archives:
Allgemein
Film Review – Der wilde Wald
Film Review – Titane
Film Review – Supernova
Film Review – Nowhere Special
Film Review – Zeit der Verleumder
Film Review – Requiem for a Dream
Film Review – The Sparks Brothers
Film Review – Klassenkampf / Class Struggle
Film Review – No Time to Die / Keine Zeit zu Sterben
Film Review – Paolo Conte – Via Con Me
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