Shanghai (2010)

An American expat returns to Shanghai in the months before Pearl Harbor due to the death of his friend.

Nicely produced and photographed spy thriller as a homage to the 40s Noir series; however, it's all on the surface, the star cast work only perfunctory, and the movie fails to spark any emotions.

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)

Enemy (2013)

A man seeks out his exact look-alike after spotting him in a movie.

Somnambulant psychological drama conceived as one large riddle fascinates as a complex mystery, but the surprise end scene is grafted and quite a letdown.

Maltin**: "Ponderous psychological thriller...Strange, off-putting story, told in hushed tones,invites comparison to David Lynch's dreamlike films."

Isabella Rossellini

Quatre nuits d'un rêveur (1971)

A young painter gets to know and falls in love with a young woman, but the love remains unrequited as the woman misses her lover with whom she is finally reunited.

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016)

A look at the life and work of avant-garde musician Frank Zappa.

Not as revelatory as announced, this is rather a nicely patched ready-made portrait of the artist who has always been entertaining not just with his music but also with what he had to say.

Elisabeth Lennartz

(ph: Steffi Brandl)

Bio (in German):

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Lennartz

Survivor (2014)

During their search for a habitable planet the last living humans crash-land on a barren world, inhabited by bloodthirsty aliens and mysterious post-apocalyptic warriors.

Below-standard sci-fi action adventure with a silly and unoriginal plot, lots of hand-to-hand fighting action with aliens and hardly anything more than that.

Kim Cattrall

Bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Cattrall

Arrival (2016)

When twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors.

Satisfyingly intelligent sci-fi drama with great production and a good cast of characters emphasizes the science aspect (linguistics) and avoids which otherwise would have been another alien invasion and even offers some food for thought.