Many rom-coms usually consist of a girl-meets-boy storyline… well, this German rom-com doesn’t quite follow the same formula, as the boy in question is a robot. Alma (Maren Eggert) is a hard-working archaeologist who’s offered to participate in an extraordinary study, that is to live with a humanoid robot for a few weeks as part …
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This Just In! I’M YOUR MAN trailer starring Dan Stevens
I've been waiting for this film since it premiered at Berlinale back in March. It's original title is Ich bin dein Mensch, a German sci-fi romantic drama film written and directed by Maria Schrader. The German filmmaker is perhaps known to US audiences from directing the Netflix series Unorthodox (which my bestie raved about but …
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MSPIFF40 Review: Undine (2021)
I was really drawn to see this because I've enjoyed two of Christian Petzold's previous work, Phoenix and Transit. The latter actually stars the same German actors: Paula Beer and Franz Rogowski. The underwater fantasy theme reminds me a bit of The Shape of Water, though this one doesn't exactly involve a literal underwater creature. …
Guest Review: TONI ERDMANN (2016)
Written/Directed By: Maren Ade Cast: Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn Runtime: 2 hr 42 minutes Parent-child conflict is a universal theme that can be spun into an infinite variety of narrative fabrics and colours. For mothers, it is often treated as an angst-ridden melodrama while for fathers it is usually a comedy. Each relationship mix has …
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