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  • Berlin Syndrome (2017)
    Review preview for Berlin Syndrome

    The sex element, while erotically shot, is almost exclusively reserved for the moment in which Clare was enjoying the experience, thus stripping away the usual voyeuristic downside that often accompanies this genre.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship, when an tourist wakes one morning in a Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.
  • Chaotic Ana (2007)
    Review preview for Chaotic Ana

    A glossy, superficial affair, leading up to a climactic sequence too laughable to impress in any way.

    Anton Bitel · 2 out of 5
    An artist who joins a commune tries to uncover her past lives to end a cycle of violence.
  • Downfall (2004)
    Review preview for Downfall

    Although everyone knows the outcome, the film remains riveting.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    German dramatisation of the last days of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich.
  • Enemy At The Gates (2000)
    Snipers play cat and mouse during the battle of Stalingrad.
  • The Misplaced World (2015)
    Review preview for The Misplaced World

    It is the tin ear for English which really undoes the film, as each scene between Riemann and Seeliger becomes unintentionally funny.

    Amber Wilkinson · 1.5 out of 5
    A woman goes in search of her mother's doppelganger.
  • Nowhere in Africa (2001)
    Review preview for Nowhere in Africa

    The scope of this autobiographical film is astonishing.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A poignant Nazi era lesson in cultural understanding and tolerance.
  • The Reader (2008)
    Review preview for The Reader

    Thought-provoking rather than yielding insight.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    A law student re-encounters an old lover as she faces a war-crimes trial.

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