1917

Grossbritannien/USA 2019 | War Film, Drama, Historical Film | R: Sam Mendes | FSK: 12

Simply breath-taking or blatant pro-military propaganda? Our authors Tom Dorow and Jared Abbott take opposing views to director Sam Mendes' and cinematographer Roger Deakins' one-take-film about two British soldiers in World War I.

2040

(2040) | Australien 2019 | Documentary | R: Damon Gameau

Australian director Damon Gameau travelled across the world looking for climate change solutions.

A Star Is Born

(A Star Is Born) | USA 2018 | Drama, Music Films | R: Bradley Cooper | FSK: 12

Lady Gaga as Barbra Streisand as Judy Garland plays a singer who becomes a star while the male star who discovers her succumbs to his alcohol and drug addiction. The fourth version of the material – not counting variations like ALL ABOUT EVE, ...

After Midnight (aka Something Else)

(After Midnight (aka Something Else)) | USA 2019 | , Horror | R: Jeremy Gardner, Christian Stella | FSK: 16

B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin

Deutschland 2015 | Documentary, Music Films | R: Jörg A. Hoppe, Klaus Maeck, Heiko Lange | FSK: 16

A fast paced montage of TV-features, videos and Super-8-films, B-MOVIE tells the story of one of the most exciting periods of the West-Berlin music scene, from the perspective of Mark Reeder, an Englishman from Manchester, who moved to Berlin in ...

Preview: Berlin Alexanderplatz

(Berlin Alexanderplatz) | Deutschland/Niederlande 2020 | Drama, Literary Film Adaptations, Metropolitan Movie | R: Burhan Qurbani

In Burhan Qurbani‘s new adaptation of Döblin‘s “Berlin Alexanderplatz,“ Franz Biberkopf is replaced by Francis, a migrant from Guinea-Bissau who feels responsible for his wife‘s drowning in the Mediterranean and wants to become a good ...

BlacKkKlansman

(BlacKkKlansman) | USA 2018 | Biography, Comedy, Crime Drama | R: Spike Lee | FSK: 12

BLACKKKLANSMAN tells the (true) story of black police detective Ron Stallworth who pretended to be a white racist on the phone and entered the most inner circle of the Ku Klux Klan in the 70s.

Colour Out of Space

(Color Out Of Space) | USA 2019 | Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Literary Film Adaptations | R: Richard Stanley | FSK: 16

Cult director Richard Stanley tries his hand at Lovecraft. A meteor crashes into a family‘s garden and triggers mutations reminiscent of John Carpenter‘s THE THING.

Der Geburtstag

Deutschland 2019 | Drama | R: Carlos A. Morelli | FSK: 6

Emma

Großbritannien 2020 | Comedy, Drama, Literary Film Adaptations | R: Autumn de Wilde | FSK: oA

Rich, beautiful and smart Emma loves to devise plans for others, but is in no rush to give up her comfortable status as the favorite daughter – until she dances with outspoken Mr. Knightley. A pastel colored Austen adaptation.

For Sama

Grossbritannien/Syrien 2019 | Documentary | R: Waad Al-Khateab, Edward Watts | FSK: 16

Director Waad Al-Kateab made a film about her daughter Sama so she‘ll be able to remember the Syria that Al-Kataeb left and so her daughter will be able to see and perhaps understand why she wanted to stay but ultimately did flee.

Gretel & Hansel

(Gretel & Hansel) | USA 2020 | Fantasy, Horror, Märchenfilm | R: Oz Perkins | FSK: 16 | NEW RELEASE

Modern take on the classic Grimm fairytale.

Harriet

(Harriet) | USA 2019 | Biography, Drama, Historical Film | R: Kasi Lemmons | FSK: 12 | NEW RELEASE

Helmut Newton - The Bad and the Beautiful

Deutschland 2020 | Documentary | R: Gero von Boehm | FSK: oA | NEW RELEASE

Her

(Her) | USA 2013 | Drama, Comedy, Love Stories | R: Spike Jonze | FSK: 12

Set in the very near future HER tells the love story of a lonely writer and his operating system. A pastel coloured rumination on artificial intelligence and love by Spike Jonze (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ADAPTATION).

If Beale Street could talk

(If Beale Street Could Talk) | USA 2018 | Drama, Crime Drama | R: Barry Jenkins

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK is a 2018 American romantic drama film directed and written by Barry Jenkins, based on James Baldwin's novel of the same name.

Jojo Rabbit

USA 2019 | Youth Film, Comedy, Slapstick | R: Taika Waititi | FSK: 12

Ten-year-old Jojo discovers that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl. Not even his imaginary friend Hitler knows what to do. Taika Waititi‘s garish comedy offers jokes in volleys, but it also contains an emotionally moving story.

Knives Out

(Knives Out) | USA 2019 | Crime Drama, Sociological Film, Black Comedy | R: Rian Johnson | FSK: 12

A homage to good old-fashioned whodunnits including a famous victim, a dysfunctional family, and a flamboyant master detective (Daniel Craig) with the nice name of Benoit Blanc.

La verite

(La vérité) | Japan/Frankreich 2019 | Drama | R: Hirokazu Koreeda | FSK: oA

Fabienne Dangeville (Catherine Deneuve) is an established actress and diva who has just published her memoir. However, her daughter Lumir (Juliette Binoche) remembers her childhood very differently...

Preview: Leif In Concert

(Leif In Concert) | Deutschland 2019 | Drama | R: Christian Klandt

Barkeeper Lene who has been sorely missed by her regulars is back in town. A night at a bar.

Little Women

USA 2019 | Drama, Literary Film Adaptations | R: Greta Gerwig | FSK: oA

Greta Gerwig's adaptation of the 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott. The four March sisters are moving from childhood to adulthood, briefly stuck in a transitory state as "little women".

Lovemobil , m. Gast

D 2019 | Documentary | R: Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss

Metropolitan Opera in HD: Carmen

(Metropolitan Opera in HD: Carmen) | USA 2020 | Oper | R: Louis Langree

Mid90s

(Mid90s) | USA 2018 | Comedy | R: Jonah Hill | FSK: 12

13-year-old Stevie befriends a small gang of cool skaters who are all older than he is. MID90s is one of the most honest looks at teens from bad environments in modern US cinema.

Alte Münze: Monos

(Monos) | Kolumbien/ Argentinien/ Niederlande/ Deutschland/ Dänemark/ Schweden/ Uruguay 2019 | Drama | R: Alejandro Landes | FSK: 16

A group of teenagers, guerillas in an unspecified conflict in a South American country, are trapped in the war machine that demands discipline but, above all, generates brutalization.

The World Before Your Feet

(New York – The World Before Your Feet) | USA 2018 | Documentary | R: Jeremy Workman | FSK: oA

Matt Green has been walking along the Hudson River for more than six years. He takes photographs, researches, and is amazed about the details. His goal is to walk in all the five boroughs of New York.

Once upon a time in the West

(C’era una volta il West) | I/USA 1968 | Western | R: Sergio Leone | FSK: 16

Italian western directed by the legendary Sergio Leone.

Parasite

(Gisaengchung) | Südkorea 2019 | Drama | R: Bong Joon-Ho | FSK: 16

Bon Joon-ho‘s Cannes winner PARASITE is a film about the bourgeoisie‘s worst nightmare. Working-class family Kim seem to be merged with trash, but they creep into the life of beauty, goodness, and cultivated elegance that the Park family is ...

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

(Portrait de la jeune Fille en Feu) | Frankreich 2019 | Literary Film Adaptations, Drama | R: Céline Sciamma | FSK: 12

In painterly images of great tranquility and beauty with volcanic passion just beneath the surface, Céline Sciamma has made one of the most beautiful love stories seen in years.

Queen and Slim

(Queen and Slim) | USA 2019 | Drama, Crime Drama | R: Melina Matsoukas | FSK: 12

QUEEN & SLIM is the rare film that feels both important and super cool.

Richard Jewell

(Richard Jewell) | USA 2019 | Drama | R: Clint Eastwood | FSK: 12

Security guard Richard Jewell discovers a bomb in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and is celebrated at first, but is later grilled by the authorities and the media.

Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock (Part I)

(Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock (Part I)) | USA 2019 | Documentary, Music Films | R: Adele Schmidt, Jose Zegarra Holder | FSK: oA

Somebody Up There Likes Me

(Somebody Up There Likes Me) | Großbritannien 2019 | Biography, Documentary | R: Mike Figgis | FSK: 6 | NEW RELEASE

Portrait of the Rolling Stones' second guitarist - never as much in the limelight as Jagger and Richards but just as fascinating.

The Shining

(The Shining) | USA 1980 | Horror, Thriller | R: Stanley Kubrick | FSK: 16

Stanley Kubrick's brilliant adaptation of the Stephen King novel.

Siberia

Italien/Deutschland/Mexiko 2020 | Drama, Experimental film | R: Abel Ferrara | FSK: 16

Clint tends a bar in the snowy sticks of possibly Canada. But his journey leads him into himself, towards his past, his regrets and the women he loved.

The Gentlemen

USA 2020 | Crime Comedy | R: Guy Ritchie | FSK: 16

Mickey Pearson wants to leave the marijuana business and is looking for a buyer interested in acquiring his plantation. Things soon escalate.

The Peanut Butter Falcon

USA 2019 | Roadmovie, Comedy, Sportfilm | R: Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz | FSK: 12

Two men on the lam: 22 year old Zak with Down syndrome and outsider Tyler sail towards Florida on a raft and become friends.

The Perfect Candidate

(The Perfect Candidate) | Saudi-Arabien/Deutschland 2019 | Comedy, Drama | R: Haifaa Al-Mansour | FSK: oA

Young Saudi Arabian doctor Maryam runs for local office by accident...

The Virgin Suicides

(The Virgin Suicides) | USA 2000 | Drama, Comedy | R: Sofia Coppola | FSK: 12

Undine

Deutschland/Frankreich 2020 | Drama | R: Christian Petzold | FSK: 12

Undine, a nymph who only gets a soul if she‘s loved, works as a historian in the Berlin senate.

Black Lives in Modern Cinema: Preview: Waves

USA 2019 | Drama, Romance Films | R: Trey Edward Shults | FSK: 12

Writer-director Trey Edward Shults’s latest film adds to a small subsection of movies that use a highly stylistized brand of filmmaking to engage with the extreme but familiar emotions of modern life. It also relies heavily on music, sound design, ...

Wings of Desire

(Der Himmel über Berlin) | BRD/Frankreich 1986 | Drama | R: Wim Wenders | FSK: 6

Otto Sander and Brunco Ganz as angels watching over Berlin. Wim Wender‘s poetic film is also a historic document of the city before the fall of the Wall.