Film Studies & German Studies will kick off their annual film series with Christian Petzold’s enigmatic thriller, Yella (2007). It “offers a surreal X-ray vision of cutthroat capitalism in 21st-century Germany.” – Stephen Holden, The New York Times
Powell Family Cinema, CFS, Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 7 p.m., with an introduction by Leo Lensing
We will continue our series in March with Maren Ade’s comedy drama, Everyone Else (2009). “…watching the film is to watch the emergence of a very particular and potentially galvanic cinematic talent.” – Glenn Kenney, The Los Angeles Times
Powell Family Cinema, CFS, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 7 p.m., with an introduction by Katja Straub