Oscar-winning director Paweł Pawlikowski (Ida; Cold War) is back at the helm with a new historical stunner shot in his signature black-and-white. Fatherland centers on life in post-World War II Germany through the eyes of legendary author Thomas Mann (Hans […]

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Sound of Falling, Mascha Schilinski’s ravishing and uncanny debut feature, traces a century of girlhood on a single farm in Germany’s Altmark region. The film moves between four time periods—Alma in the 1910s, Erika in the 1940s, Angelika in the […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s Nuremberg movie review, it’s in theaters now! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) When the Allied forces defeated the Nazis to end the European side of World War II, they then had to decide what […]

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(The Middleburg Film Festival runs October 16-19 in Middleburg, Virginia, and lead critic Chris Reed is on the ground doing coverage for us. Check out his The Secret Agent movie review! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) The […]

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