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  Merkel: Anatomy of a Crisis 2020

  ★★½ Watched 16 Apr 2020

  It’s hard to make a movie about people that are not only still around but who also persist playing a big role in German politics. On one hand, both plot and characters feel more like caricatures than a heartfelt take on those days back in 2015. On the other, there’s some value in the distance and alienation it provokes in someone who closely followed those dramatic months. It forces to see things in a light that is necessarily different from…

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  Roma 2018

  ★★★★½ Watched 25 Dec 2018

  It’s normal not to feel in control. Despite how much we’re told that we’re able to steer our lives, it’s hard to dispute that some of the crucial facts of our existence are mostly determined away from our grasp. This may well be the truth cementing the very foundation of cinema. Stories, in their most common form, put one or multiple characters in front a challenge they need to overcome to achieve a desire. However they react, whether they manage…

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