Atlantis is a 2019 Ukrainian dystopian post-apocalyptic film directed by Valentyn Vasyanovich and follows a former soldier with PTSD from his duty in a fictional war with Russia trying live his life in the year 2025 after all the horrors he has encountered. It is a slow film with lots long takes and wide landscape […]
The US comedian and director of the excellent Coming-of-Age Dramedy “Eighth Grade” (2018) produced a Netflix Comedy Special while in COVID Lockdown all by himself.
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The US-Drama “Sound of Metal” is a great feature-length debut written and directed by Darius Marder about dealing with unpredictable changes in life. The film follows Ruben (Riz Ahmed), who is the drummer of a metal-duo with his girlfriend and singer Lou (Olivia Cooke). Together they are living their dream, touring the country and playing
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“Time” is a great American documentary film produced and directed by Garrett Bradley. It follows Sibil Fox Richardson, fighting for the release of her husband Rob, who is serving a 60-year prison sentence. It is a deeply personal journey with the family, edited from over 100 hours of home-videos Sibil recorded over the 18 years
This is a list of my favourite films of 2020.
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A list of all the films I’ve seen in cinema in 2020.
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The moving US drama “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” by Eliza Hittman is currently being shown in cinemas. In a natural, almost documentary style, cinematographer Hélène Louvart accompanies a 17-year-old girl who is unintentionally pregnant and, due to a lack of support in her hometown, leaves for New York City with her cousin to attend a
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The stylish psychological thriller “You Were Never Really Here” by Lynne Ramsay from 2017 is now available on Netflix. A short, exciting art-house film with Joaquin Phoenix in the lead role, who plays a mercenary traumatized by his time in the military, who is commissioned by a politician to free his daughter from a human
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Viele Menschen glauben, ihre Profile und geteilten Information in sozialen Netzwerken seien harmlos und von geringer Relevanz. Erstmal hat es etwas Gutes. Man kann sich mit Freunden austauschen, Neuigkeiten erfahren zu Themen, die man mag und Neues entdecken. “Was sollen die denn mit meinen Daten?” “Ich habe nichts Schlimmes zu verbergen.” Doch dies ist nicht
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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin created an impressive portrait with the US documentary “Free Solo” (2018). The film follows the free solo climber Alex Honnold on his “El Capitan” project, a huge rock ledge in Yosemite Park [yoh-SEM-i-tee] in California, without protective gear. Due to the enormous heights and the lack of safety in