Comedies have never had much of a place in the Romanian new wave. Cristian Mungiu’s celebrated 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) is about two women trying to obtain an illegal abortion, and his ...

Maren Ade’s ‘Toni Erdmann‘ (2016) is a landmark in contemporary European cinema, offering a rare combination of deadpan humor, emotional depth, and incisive social observation. The film follows ...

The production trio behind Berlin-based producers Komplizen Film — Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, and Janine Jackowski — whose award-winning filmography includes such acclaimed arthouse features as Toni ...

Winfried doesn't see much of his working daughter Ines. He pays her a surprise visit in Bucharest, where she's busy as a corporate strategist. The geographical change doesn't help them to see more eye ...

Toni Erdmann, from German director Maren Ade, emerged from the Cannes Film Festival this spring as perhaps the most lavishly praised European film of modern times. The critics filing from the front ...

Sandra Hüller is the star of two of the 10 nominees for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards, and is herself nominated for Best Actress. That's a striking achievement for a German actor that ...

MADRID — “Toni Erdmann,” German Maren Ade’s breakout Cannes competition hit, has snagged the 2016 Intl. Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci) Grand Prix for best film of the past year, the first time ...

The production trio behind Berlin-based producers Komplizen Film - Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, and Janine Jackowski - whose award-winning filmography includes such acclaimed arthouse features as Toni ...

Do we ever really know our children? It’s easy to feel close to the little ones, their young minds and budding personalities constantly betraying need for a parent’s love and understanding. The older ...