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fromInverse
1 day ago

95 Years Ago, One Crime Thriller Masterpiece Launched The Serial Killer Genre

M established a procedural serial-killer format using public reaction, organized manhunts, and early forensics to identify an anonymous child predator.
Berlin
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Phantoms of July review interlocking tales hop across time in funny-quirky fable with a point

The film intertwines the lives of characters across centuries, exploring themes of class, gender, and personal freedom in a comedic yet poignant narrative.
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fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Veteran German actor Mario Adorf dies at age 95

"In and of itself, the villain is the interesting role in a book. I don't love the villains as people, as characters, but I know their significance, so I'm happy to lend them my body, my face."
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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
3 months ago

FilmWatch Weekly: German stunner 'Sound of Falling,' Japanese anime 'Scarlet,' and more * Oregon ArtsWatch

Four generations of girls in one farmhouse reveal recurring female suffering, mortality, and moments of beauty across a century of German history.
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fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago

'Sound of Falling' is a hypnotic history of German rural life

Sound of Falling traces four German girls across generations on one farm, revealing intergenerational trauma, liminality, and a folk-horror sense of ghostlike haunting.
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fromInverse
4 months ago

40 Years Ago, A Blockbuster Sci-Fi Director Kickstarted His Career With A Ridiculous Knockoff

Roland Emmerich's early film Joey (Making Contact) replicates Spielberg and Lucas blockbusters, fusing telekinetic child drama, an R2-D2-like robot, and merchandising spectacle.
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fromIndieWire
4 months ago

To Create the Atmosphere in 'Sound of Falling,' Mascha Schilinski Asked, 'What Does a Black Hole Sound Like?'

Mascha Schilinski's Sound of Falling is an atmospheric haunted-house film tracing four generations of abused women on a Northern German farm, winning Cannes Jury Prize.
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fromThe New Yorker
5 months ago

The Ghosts of Girlhoods Past in "Sound of Falling"

A mischievous, disorienting German drama traces four generations of women inhabiting a farmhouse through playful cruelty, curiosity, and spectral presence across a century.
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fromwww.dw.com
8 months ago

'Sound of Falling' is Germany's entry for the Oscars DW 08/21/2025

Sound of Falling is a formally uncompromising, poetic, urgent German film interweaving four women's lives across a century to explore intergenerational trauma.
Independent films
fromwww.dw.com
11 months ago

Filmmaker Mascha Schilinski 'insanely happy' to be at Cannes DW 05/14/2025

Mascha Schilinski is the only German director in the main competition at Cannes 2023 with her film 'Sound of Falling.'
fromwww.dw.com
11 months ago

A German in the Cannes competition: Mascha Schilinski DW 05/14/2025

As we went through the rooms of the farmhouse, we could sense the centuries. It brought up a question I've had since childhood.
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