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German writer-director Maren Ade follows her stunning debut,
2003’s The Forest for the Trees, with another dive into the
unpleasant headspace of neurotic young adults. Her new feel-bad
drama, about a sulky architect and his upbeat girlfriend, is
filled with subtle showdowns and power games; the film will
appeal to art-house devotees and reality-TV fans alike. These
characters are spectacularly unable to conduct healthy, honest
relations; you wouldn’t exactly call the movie a truthful
picture of most couples, but rather a squirm-inducing
quasimeltdown peopled by the emotionally retarded. The pace is
nonetheless absorbing. It’s not quite the accomplishment of
Ade’s previous one, but she proves herself a talent worth
watching. Sunday, Oct 4 at 9pm—Joshua Rothkopf  See Twitter
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