Downfall (2004) Review: Last Days in the Bunker
★★★★½
Downfall is Oliver Hirschbiegel's German drama of Hitler's final days in the Berlin bunker, anchored by Bruno Ganz and chilling in its portrait of collapse and denial.
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★★★★½
Downfall is Oliver Hirschbiegel's German drama of Hitler's final days in the Berlin bunker, anchored by Bruno Ganz and chilling in its portrait of collapse and denial.
★★★★½
Downton Abbey is Julian Fellowes's upstairs-downstairs saga of an aristocratic Yorkshire family and their servants, the most satisfying comfort drama of its decade.
★★★★☆
Drishyam is Nishikant Kamat's Hindi remake of the Malayalam hit, a clever family thriller in which Ajay Devgn's everyman takes on Tabu's formidable police chief.
★★★½☆
Drowning in Holy Water is Navid Mahmoudi's compact Persian-language drama about a young Afghan couple whose hopes of reaching Europe hinge on a test of faith.
★★★½☆
Drunken Master is the 1978 Hong Kong kung fu comedy that made Jackie Chan a star. Its training scenes and fights still dazzle, even when the story wanders.
★★★½☆
DTF St. Louis is Steven Conrad's seven-part HBO dark comedy about a Midwestern love triangle and a death, sad and funny in equal parts, and oddly moving.
★★★★½
Dune: Part Two is Denis Villeneuve's towering desert war epic, and a sharper film than Part One because it treats its chosen-one hero as a warning.
★★★½☆
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is a fantasy heist comedy that wins by refusing to take itself seriously. It is light, funny and a touch too long.
★★★½☆
Dunki pairs Rajkumar Hirani with Shah Rukh Khan for a Hindi comedy-drama about Punjabi villagers chasing England by illegal routes. Warm, sincere and uneven.
★★★★☆
Dunkirk is Christopher Nolan's taut Second World War survival film, told across land, sea and air. A sensory triumph that keeps its characters at arm's length.
★★★★½
Dying to Survive is Wen Muye's Chinese comedy-drama about a shopkeeper smuggling cheap leukaemia drugs. It is funny, furious and deeply moving.
★★★★★
Eephus is Carson Lund's gentle, funny film about the last amateur baseball game on a doomed New England field, and a quietly profound elegy for small rituals.
★★★½☆
Egg is Semih Kaplanoğlu's quiet Turkish drama about a poet who returns home for his mother's funeral. Patient, beautiful and demanding, it rewards stillness.
★★★★½
Ehd-e-Wafa is a Pakistani Urdu drama about four friends whose lives split between the army and civilian ambition, a polished ensemble serial built on loyalty.
★★★☆☆
Ek Tha Tiger is Kabir Khan's glossy Hindi spy romance with Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, the film that launched the Tiger franchise. Charming, but light on tradecraft.
★★★★½
Elite Squad is José Padilha's ferocious Brazilian police thriller about Rio's BOPE unit. Gripping, brutal and still hotly debated, it is essential crime cinema.
★★★☆☆
Emilia Pérez is Jacques Audiard's Spanish-language cartel musical about a crime boss who transitions and seeks atonement. Audacious, alive and deeply flawed.
★★★★☆
Emily in Paris is Darren Star's glossy Netflix rom-com about an American marketer abroad: shallow by design, and highly effective as fashion-first comfort viewing.
★★★★½
Empresses in the Palace is the benchmark Chinese palace drama: a 76-episode Qing epic about a young consort learning to survive a harem where every gesture is a move.
★★★★☆
Enter the Dragon is the 1973 martial arts spy adventure that made Bruce Lee a worldwide legend. The plot is pulp, but his presence and fights remain electrifying.
★★★★½
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is Steven Spielberg's story of a lonely boy and a stranded alien, a family film whose wonder and heartache have barely aged in over 40 years.
★★★★½
Eternal Love is the Chinese fantasy romance that defined xianxia drama: a goddess and a heavenly prince whose love spans three lives, lush, tearful and addictive.
★★★★☆
Ethos is Berkun Oya's eight-episode Turkish Netflix drama in which a cleaner's therapy sessions open onto a divided Istanbul, patient, humane and quietly radical.
★★★★☆
Euphoria is Sam Levinson's hyper-stylised HBO drama about teenage addiction and identity, powered by Zendaya's extraordinary lead performance and a dazzling look.