What classics did you see last week ? (3 Jun - 9 Jun 2018)

Aus dem Nichts (In The Fade) / Fatih Akin (2017). This film, the current reigning holder of the Best Foreign Film Oscar, features a ferocious performance by Diane Kruger, making a rare appearance in a movie where she speaks her native language. Katja (Kruger), a German citizen, marries a Turkish immigrant even while he is in prison for drug dealing. After his release, they have a son and are in business for themselves when an anti-immigrant group explodes a bomb on their street, killing husband and child. Katja is staggered and consumed by her grief and rage. Even when the bombers are identified, there is doubt that justice will be served, sending her into an even deeper spiral and actions that may endanger her own life as well. This is a tremendously powerful film that is already on my Best of 2017 list and may very well show up as one of the best of decade in just a couple of years. An overwhelming experience.