A Stasi Comedy bundles its explorations of truth, desire, morality, and freedom into an exuberant coming-of-age story. In Melbourne, the Palace Cinema Como was humming in anticipation at the opening night of the German Film Festival. Christoph Mücher, director of the Goethe Institut, invited us to celebrate the joy of a shared film experience; we raised our glasses and toasted our fellow-cinemago ... (read more)
James Cleverley
James Cleverley lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne, teaching in the German Program at The University of Melbourne, having obtained his doctorate in 2019. James’s research specialises on questions of cultural memory and embodiment in film, with a particular interest in representations of East Germany.