95 Years Ago, One Crime Thriller Masterpiece Launched The Serial Killer Genre
M established a procedural serial-killer format using public reaction, organized manhunts, and early forensics to identify an anonymous child predator.
Phantoms of July review interlocking tales hop across time in funny-quirky fable with a point
The film intertwines the lives of characters across centuries, exploring themes of class, gender, and personal freedom in a comedic yet poignant narrative.
"In and of itself, the villain is the interesting role in a book. I don't love the villains as people, as characters, but I know their significance, so I'm happy to lend them my body, my face."
'Sound of Falling' is a hypnotic history of German rural life
Sound of Falling traces four German girls across generations on one farm, revealing intergenerational trauma, liminality, and a folk-horror sense of ghostlike haunting.
40 Years Ago, A Blockbuster Sci-Fi Director Kickstarted His Career With A Ridiculous Knockoff
Roland Emmerich's early film Joey (Making Contact) replicates Spielberg and Lucas blockbusters, fusing telekinetic child drama, an R2-D2-like robot, and merchandising spectacle.
To Create the Atmosphere in 'Sound of Falling,' Mascha Schilinski Asked, 'What Does a Black Hole Sound Like?'
Mascha Schilinski's Sound of Falling is an atmospheric haunted-house film tracing four generations of abused women on a Northern German farm, winning Cannes Jury Prize.
The Ghosts of Girlhoods Past in "Sound of Falling"
A mischievous, disorienting German drama traces four generations of women inhabiting a farmhouse through playful cruelty, curiosity, and spectral presence across a century.
'Sound of Falling' is Germany's entry for the Oscars DW 08/21/2025
Sound of Falling is a formally uncompromising, poetic, urgent German film interweaving four women's lives across a century to explore intergenerational trauma.