Autor: Matthias Peters

For some years now, a very artistic cinema has been establishing itself in the circle of the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HFBK) Hamburg, repeatedly tipping over into the experimental. In her films “Drift” and “Human Flowers of Flesh”, Helena Wittmann explored narrative conventions and the relationship between man and nature. Now comes Willy Hans‘ feature…

Among the 12 nominees for this year’s German Film Critics‘ Award were four films by current and former students of the HFBK Hamburg. Our film critic presents the very different and multifaceted films, two of which were also honored in the end. A mountain village in deserted twilight. Street lamps color the darkness with artificial…

Anora “Ani” (Mikey Madison) knows what she wants and throws her whole body into it, literally and head over heels. In the very first scene, Sean Baker burns it into the screen and into our heads: a room bathed in blue-violet neon light, strippers dancing in slow motion in front of seated men or making…

America is on fire in “Civil War”, not just metaphorically, but literally. The “Western Forces”, a war coalition between California and Texas, fight against government troops and an authoritarian president barricaded in Washington, who has granted himself an unconstitutional third term in office and disbanded the FBI. It is clear that Alex Garland’s civil war-torn…