Requiem first published by Film4 Summary: Sandra Hüller puts in an award-winning debut in Hans-Christian Schmid’s dramatic dissection of a notorious exorcism case from 1970s Germany. Review: For ten long months between 1975 and 1976, Anneliese Michel, a devout Catholic student with a long history of temporal lobe epilepsy, willingly submitted herself twice a week to violent…
The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band – eine deutsche Kindergeschichte) first published by Film4 Summary: In this mystery, a German Protestant community pays the price for its own sins. Michael Haneke writes and directs this European co-production. Review: As the film’s original subtitle (left untranslated for English-speaking viewers) declares, Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon is eine deutsche…