Miroirs No. 3

i, too, would become obsessed with having paula beer in my house. minor petzold but loved

iana

MIROIRS NO. 3 may not be the best Christian Petzold film but his minimalist, aching examination of complex emotions and distilling them in extremely humanistic ways remains a as powerful as ever. I spent most of the film thinking something terrible was going to happen, only…

Matt Neglia

The scene with Beer and Trabs awkwardly listening to the Four Seasons is one of the best of the year; the rest is Petzold playing the hits, but he has become very good at working on those terms. Great house, Beer is very good, and the shift from her perspective to the…

Filipe Furtado

The things you do to get a free AirBNB for a week.

Harry Argyle

Christian Petzold Bingo: -Paula Beer als Manic Pixie Dreamgirl  -bisschen weirder Himbo steht auf Paula Beer  -alle anderen stehen auch auf Paula Beer  -eine Person of Color  -Fahrradfahren in einem Feld  -Paula Beer wird wütend  -keine Filmmusik bis auf ein Lied was einmal…

hadil0

That Babybel shirt looked real comfy

albertbirney

Don't often say this but I think Petzold was maybe a little too economical here. I think an extra 15 minutes after the reveal that this family is creepily trying to replace their dead daughter Vertigo-style (dressing her, having her stay in her room, making her play her…

Josh Lewis

I think the "mystery" here is too immediately obvious to be the point of the film, it's more about witnessing how grief and familiarity/comforts present themselves and transform between strangers/family members. I think Petzold fans may consider this a minor Petzold but I'm…

KYK

“aren’t you really sad?” In Christian Petzold’s new film, Miroirs No. 3, I felt myself pulled into this odd, almost spell-like space – quiet, tender, and gently removed from reality, settling into it almost without noticing. But not long after, already in the final act,…

Tim Fehrenbach