The US biographical drama film Judas and the Black Messiah directed by Shaka King is out now in cinemas. Set in the late 60s the film is about the betrayal of Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out / Black Panther), the chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in Chicago, by […]
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The 2020 US drama film “Nomadland” by Chloé Zhao that won the Oscar for Best Picture at this years Academy Awards is out now in cinemas. It is based on the book by the same name by Jessica Bruder and follows Fern (Frances McDormand [Three Billboards, 2017] a vandwelling working nomad, who left her hometown
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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After the long Cinema break due to COVID-19 one of the biggest mainstream releases of this year finally arrives in cinemas after it has been postponed several times. I’m talking about “Tenet” the new film by popular British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan (Memento, Dark Knight-Trilogy, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk). This is a short spoiler free review of
The Syrian documentary “For Sama” by Waad al-Kateab is out now in cinemas. The journalist and activist captured her experiences during the Syrian civil war over five years alongside her husband Hamza, who worked as a doctor in one of the last local hospitals with her camera. During this time they also had their daughter