© Plaion Pictures "The best way to criticise a film is to make one yourself." in 1960, Jean-Luc Godard was still writing reviews, but he already had the screenplay for his feature film debut in the drawer. His editorial colleagues Claude Chabrol ("The Disappointed", 1958) and François Truffaut ("They Kissed and They Slapped", 1959) had already made themselves comfortable in the director's chair. Now it's his turn. "Nouvelle Vague" is Richard Linklater's stylish homage to the megalomania and vision with which Godard directed the legendary gangster romance "Out of Breath" within 18 days.

Ethan Hawke

Like Linklater, actor Ethan Hawke is also a Texan, albeit born in Austin in 1970. When they first worked together, "Before Sunrise" in 1995, they had no idea that this brief romance between him and Julie Delpy would become a long-term study, with sequels in 2005 ("Before Sunset") and 2013 ("Before Midnight"). You can also watch Hawke grow older in real time during the 12-year shoot of "Boyhood" (2014). In "Blue Moon", Linklater now gets another highly award-worthy performance out of Ethan Hawke.

netflix Not that pizza chef isn't an honourable profession. But that's not why Toni emigrated to Berlin 18 years ago - from the tranquil town of Kacken an der Havel. Now he returns, not as a celebrated rapper, but as the newly orphaned son of a place that has changed dramatically in his absence. Dimitrij Schaad ("The Kangaroo Chronicles") and his brother Alex (director of 2022's "Out of My Skin") are responsible for this shrill ode to the supposedly desolate province. For the lead role, they were able to recruit Fatoni (real name Anton Schnieder), a genuine rapper, and for many other roles, serious actors with an impeccable CV to date.

© btf A flat in an old building in Berlin is not only expensive, but usually also comes with its own history lesson. And it's even free. Anyone who has ever renovated one of these flats and come across traces of the past knows this.

For all those who don't have the opportunity to do this live, the games company btf in Cologne-Ehrenfeld has developed "The Berlin Apartment", a digital treasure hunt that ranges from nostalgic to anarchic and occasionally takes a look through the window over the wall.