Udo Flohr’s Effigy: Poison and the City (Effigie – Das Gift und die Stadt) may be a period film, but it begins with intimations of change fast approaching. “The first time I traveled to Bremen, the railways didn’t even exist yet,” says the voiceover that opens the film. “I will never forget those months I…
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The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021)
The Last Thing Mary Saw first published by Movies on Weekends The Last Thing Mary Saw begins with young Mary (Stefanie Scott) opening a book to a story entitled The Old Lady of Bethabara, and starting to read. The next scene is separated from this not just by the film’s title, but by time. For…

