" A demented hypnotist and his ghastly henchman spread death througout the German countryside. Newly remastered from the archival German material and tinted according to original instructions with evocative score."
Metropolis (dir. Fritz Lang, 1927).
"METROPOLIS takes place in 2026, when the populace is divided between workers who must live in the dark underground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of splendor."
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"Lonely widow Emmi Kurowski meets Arab worker Ali in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love––to their own surprise––and to the shock of family, colleagues, and drinking buddies."
The film was a Palm d'Or nominee at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.
"Damiel, an angel perched atop buildings high over Berlin who can hear the thoughts—fears, hopes, dreams—of all the people living below. But when he falls in love with a beautiful trapeze artist, he is willing to give up his immortality and come back to earth to be with her."
Wim Wenders won the award for Best DIrector and the film was nominated for the Palm d'Or at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
Into the Fade (dir. Fatih Akin, 2018)
"Katja’s family is killed in a terrorist attack and her life falls apart. The killers are set free and Katja can do nothing else but seek justice."
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Transit (dir. Christian Petzold, 2018).
"Past and present merge in this alluring puzzle from Christian Petzold, which follows Georg, a refugee from fascism who pursues Marie, the wife of the dead man whose identity he has assumed."
Official Selection at the Berlin International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and The New York Film Festival.
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"I WAS AT HOME, BUT… tells the story of Astrid, a forty-something mother of two, struggling to regain her balance in the wake of her husband’s death."