Esther Buss works as a freelance film and art critic in Berlin.
On Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann, the critics’ favourite at this year's Cannes Film Festival
On the films of Daniel Hoesl and the European Film Conspiracy
Philip Scheffner’s film Havarie is a self-aware representation of the way Europe is dealing with the refugee crisis
Experimental film, now in 3D
Casting light on the hidden narratives of power: the films of Jan Peter Hammer
Über No Home Movie, den letzten Film von Chantal Akerman, auf der Viennale 2015
Zu den Filmen von Philip Scheffner
Sex work in the service age: Tatjana Turanskyj’s new film Top Girl
Les Salauds von Claire Denis Einer der finstersten Filme des Jahres.
Ramon Zürcher’s choreography of motion and stasis in Das merkwürdige Kätzchen
Tracing the vexed routes of global fashion exchange