German Film Series: Funny Games (1997)

Gilman 479 Funny Games (1997) is an Austrian psychological thriller about two young men who hold a family hostage in their vacation home and torture them with sadistic, “funny,” games.

German Film Series: The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)

Gilman 479 The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975) portrays an anxious era in West Germany amid a crumbling postwar political consensus. A young woman, an alleged terrorist, a life falling into ruins. A powerful adaptation of Heinrich Böll’s novel, a stinging commentary on state power, individual freedom, and media manipulation that is as relevant […]