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If you stand in front of a nearly empty classroom in German-speaking countries, you know it's the Eid al-Fitr. But that's nothing compared to what suddenly happened last summer in the class of Miss Gandy (Julia GARNER, who has emerged as the new queen of horror since her appearance in the hit series THE AMERICANS) in the small American town of Maybrook. Except for little Alex, all the students in her class are missing. It turns out that all 17 children ran away from home during the night. No one knows what happened. It's only natural that an agitated father (Josh BROLIN, Academy Award nominee 2009 for MILK), a confused principal (Benedict WONG from the MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE), and a police officer (Alden EHRENREICH) who is very familiar to the teacher have a few questions.

What happens next will likely be, and remains, the biggest surprise of this cinematic year. Director Zach Creger has created a thrilling masterpiece that inspires both intense fear and liberating laughter. Something is befalling the people of Maybrook that you absolutely have to experience and see for yourself. But beware: There are also things to see here that are definitely not for the faint of heart.

This stunning small-town story is also brilliantly told formally. From the perspectives of the various characters, new nuances continually emerge, rounding out the picture of the events.

In addition to the already impressive cast, special mention should be made of the young actor Austin Abrams and the wonderful Amy Madigan (Academy Award nominee in 1986 for Twice in a Lifetime).

It's simply fantastic what's happening in the horror film genre right now! This film could become the biggest surprise hit of the year! You simply don't want to miss this wild rollercoaster ride through small-town American hell!

Kosmo (Aaron ALTARAS) and his friend Klaus (Clemens SCHICK) were once one of the hottest techno producers in the Berlin club scene. But then a gig went wrong, and Kosmo's dream of being a hot DJ was over. After years, Troy Porter (Hieroglyphic BEING), Kosmo's idol, was back playing at his favorite club. And Kosmo is doing everything he can to deliver his vinyl tracks to his idol. To do so, Kosmo embarks on another hellish night in the purgatory of Berlin's underground. But soon, in the hustle and bustle of drugs and ecstatic bodies, he loses the record that could mean his future...

Similar to Dante's Inferno, the audience experiences a wild club night with Kosmo in Berlin, with thumping music, various glitches, and tongue-tied adventures. Rarely can one experience German-language cinema as raw and engaging as in this film by Nikias Chryssos and Viktor Jakolevski. It's not without its embarrassing aspects, such as when all sorts of addictive substances are thrown around. But that's also what cinema is for: to witness things one would rather avoid in real life.

Unfortunately, there are also some typical shortcomings of German-language cinema to be lamented: There are whispers that German film star Götz George would have enjoyed it. When it comes to sound and sound design, German filmmakers still have some catching up to do. And yet, something quite unusual has been achieved here: a small monument to the Berlin club scene, which resonates worldwide with international partygoers, is created, which itself functions like a trip into the hellmouth of Berlin's nightlife. This film should certainly find its international audience. One would certainly hope so!

Oh yes, love doesn't miss out either. In the fray, Kosmo meets Alex (June Ellys MACH), leading to one of the wildest love scenes seen on the big screen in recent years.

This film certainly isn't for all audiences, but this magnificent plunge into Berlin's nightlife won't be forgotten anytime soon.

A documentary by the German television station ARD (lead: Hessischer Rundfunk from Frankfurt am Main) about an important and inherently very interesting topic, but the cinematography is too uninspired!

It was revealing, however, that Alexander Karp, co-founder (along with Peter Thiel) of the surveillance company Palantir, wanted to focus on Rainer Werner Fassbinder's film MARTHA with Margit CARSTENSEN and Karlheinz BÖHM (as a fitting example of the persistence of Nazi ideology in West German society at the time) in his first planned and then abandoned dissertation while studying in Frankfurt am Main.

The German (documentary) filmmaker Klaus Stern, who lives in Kassel in northern Hesse, probably knew Alexander Karp from their time together in Frankfurt and thus gained surprisingly close access to the now billionaire entrepreneur Karp.

This film is, above all, an interesting contemporary document, the significance of which will probably only be fully appreciated in a few years. The possibilities that Palantir can probably already offer its customers remain very vague. However, it is clear how important Palantir's services already are worldwide.