Hochschulfilmclub

On the occasion of this year's ISWI movie night we present the 7 times Oscar winning masterpiece “Everything Everywhere All at Once”. Evelyn Wang is a Chinese immigrant living in America. There she runs a small laundromat with her husband Waymond. In addition to her business struggeling at the moment, Evelyn has to face a multitude of other worries and problems: the salon is being investigated by the IRS, her husband wants a divorce, her father, who has recently arrived…

Auf der entlegenen Insel Hawthorne betreibt der gefeierte Sternekoch Julian Slowik ein äußerst exklusives Restaurant. Seine Mahlzeiten sind legendär, eine Einladung an seine Tafel äußerst exklusiv. Nur 12 Gäste sind an diesem besonderen Abend geladen, darunter Gourmet-Fan Tyler und seine Freundin Margot, die lediglich aus Neugier an diesem ungewöhnlichen Trip teilnimmt. Auf Slowiks Speisekarte werden die Gänge wie Kunst behandelt, die sein Publikum herausfordern und die Grenzen des Gewohnten durchbrechen sollen. Doch mit den überraschenden und zunehmend bedrohlichen Zügen, die…

In the West End of 1950s London, Agatha Christie’s play “The Mousetrap” celebrates its 100th performance. Plans for a movie adaptation are already underway but come to an abrupt halt after the director (Adrien Brody) is murdered backstage. World-weary Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) gets teamed up with eager rookie Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) to take on the case. Soon the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit (from “who done it?” - genre word for murder mysteries) within the…

“Babylon” tells a story set in and revolving around Hollywood starting in the late 1920s, in the midst of the transition from silent to sound film. Here we follow the aspiring actress Nellie LaRoy (Margot Robbie), acting legend Jack Conrad (Brad Pitt) and the ambitious Manny Torres (Diego Calva) on their many drug filled escapades through early 20th century LA, including all manner of graphic depictions of substance abuse and sexual content. Accompanied by an enchanting jazzy score that is…

On the remote island of Inisherin, off the coast of Ireland, Pádraic is devastated when his buddy Colm suddenly and without reason ends their lifelong friendship. With the help of his sister and a young islander, Pádraic sets out to repair the broken relationship by any means necessary. But Colm's determination only grows, and he soon gives his former friend an ultimatum that has shocking consequences. A well told dark comedy that leaves you wanting more, in a time when…

Sommerkino - Tag 1 After a career break, the unlucky hitman "Lady Bug" (Brad Pitt) fills in for his sick colleague Carver. The mission seems simple: get on the extremely fast Shinkansen train (the so-called bullet train), steal a briefcase full of money and get off at the next possible station. The only problem: the briefcase is currently in possession of "Lemon" (Brian Tyree Henry) and "Tangerine" (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), two assassin brothers on the way to their employer. It doesn’t…