A poster and trailer have arrived online for writer-director Alice Winocour’s upcoming drama Proxima which follows Eva Green as Sarah, the only female astronaut in an arduous programme as she prepares for a year long mission aboard the International Space Station. Joining Green in the cast is Zélie Boulant-Lemesle, Matt Dillon, Lars Eidinger and Sandra […]
Movie Review – Toni Erdmann (2016)
Toni Erdmann, 2016. Directed by Maren Ade Starring Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn and Ingrid Bisu SYNOPSIS: In order to reconnect with his business driven daughter, a father creates an alter ego pretending to be a high-flying life coach. Sometimes a story is so outlandish, so obscure that you think this has to be […]
69th Cannes Film Festival Review – Toni Erdmann (2016)
Toni Erdmann, 2016. Directed by Maren Ade. Starring Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Puetter and Hadewych Minis. SYNOPSIS: A bittersweet German comedy about a prankster father who disguises himself as a man named ‘Toni Erdmann’ in a bid to get the attention of his serious, business executive daughter. Parents and adult children struggling to […]