Before seeing Universal Language, I'd heard people compare writer/director Matthew Rankin's latest absurdist comedy (which he penned with Ila Firouzabadi and Pirouz Nemati) to the works of Joel and ...

Still from Universal Language (2024), dir. Matthew Rankin, with Rojina Esmaeili as “Negin” (image courtesy Oscilloscope Laboratories) In Universal Language, director Matthew Rankin transforms the ...

A physicist becomes embroiled in a conspiracy throughout this German meta-thriller. Shot in black-and-white, the film pays homage to Hollywood classics. By Beatrice Loayza When you purchase a ticket ...

Mathematical logic, set theory, lattices and universal algebra form an interconnected framework that underpins much of modern mathematics. At its heart, mathematical logic provides rigorous formal ...

You could be forgiven for thinking initially that the new German film The Universal Theory, with its epic Alpine vastness, sweeping historical context, and heady quantum mechanics context, is one of ...

The black-and-white Hitchcockian thriller premiered in Venice under the title 'The Theory of Everything.' By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent From director Timm Kröger, the German drama is set in 1962 ...

A callow physicist encounters love, death and mysterious doppelgängers in Timm Kröger's thematically slight but atmospherically resplendent sophomore film. The conference keeps getting postponed due ...

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