Dr. Strangelove
1964USA★ 8.13 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations. The feel is the same: dark comedy, absurdist, and escalating.
Toni Erdmann
2016GermanyLanguage: deDirected by Maren Ade★ 7
Available in English: subtitled
Convinced that his daughter has forgotten how to laugh, a father shows up unannounced while she's living abroad and bombards her with outrageous jokes.
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedymelancholicwarmabsurdistquietly devastating
Pacing
slow burnepisodicescalating
Story
reunionunravelingjourney
Emotion
belonginglongingfiguring out who you areall-consuming lovegriefloss of innocence
Themes
family wounds passed downfamily dutyclass and moneycaught between worldsmen and women navigating expectations
Feel
catharticcerebralquietly hauntingdiscussion starteremotionally wrecking
Violence
noneWhere to watch
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