Films Seen in Cinema in 2024
An ongoing list of the films I’ve seen in cinema in 2024.
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Films Seen in Cinema in 2023
An ongoing list of the films I’ve seen in cinema in 2023.
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Films Seen in Cinema in 2022
A list of all the films I’ve seen in cinema in 2022.
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A Chiara – ★★★½
Beautiful little Italian-language arthouse drama “A Chiara” written and directed by Jonas Carpignano has been released in cinemas this week in Germany. Set in a Calabrian town it follows teenage girl Chiara looking for her father, whose disappearance in the night of her sister’s 18th birthday seems to be related to the local mafia. Shot
L’événement (Happening) – ★★★★
The great 2021 French drama L’événement (Happening) by directress Audrey Diwan was released recently. It follows young promising literature student Anne (Anamaria Vartolomei) in the 60’s who gets pregnant before her final exams and tries to get an abortion, which was illegal at the time, bore great health dangers and could even lead to her
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Films Seen in Cinema in 2021
A list of all the films I’ve seen in cinema in 2021.
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Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse – ★★★★½
Diese Woche kommt der exzellente Dokumentarfilm Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse von Maria Speth in die Kinos. Der Film handelt von einer sechsten Schulklasse in Mittelhessen und ihrem Lehrer Herr Bachmann, der kurz vor der Rente steht und mit einer ganz besonderen Art unterrichtet. Er nimmt jedes einzelne Kind wahr, fördert gezielt die Kreativität z.B.
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The Father – ★★★★
The 2020 psychological drama film The Father written and directed by French director Florian Zeller is now screening in cinemas. The film is about an aging man called Anthony played by Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs, 1991) who is suffering more and more from dementia and his daughter Anne who tries to find help
Gunda – ★★★
The American-Norwegian documentary film Gunda, directed, co-written and co-edited by Russian director Viktor Kossakovsky is now showing in cinemas. The nonverbal film observes the life of pigs, chicken and cows on rural farms in an aesthetic style. It gained broader attention when Joaquin Phoenix stepped in as executive producer. It is interesting to get so
The Green Knight – ★★★½
The new US epic medieval-fantasy film The Green Knight directed, written and produced by David Lowery (Ghost Story, 2017) is showing in cinemas and is worth a look. The film stars Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, 2008) as young Sir Gawain, who wants to become a respected knight at his uncle King Arthur’s round table in
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