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    castBesetzungWhen we are not at work, we enjoy to put one's feet updie Füße hochlegenputting our feet up and watching a film or series of our choice. Here at Spotlight, we’ve put together a list of some of the most memorableunvergesslichmemorable things that we have watched.

    The Man in the High Castle (2015–2019)

    Petra Daniell, Production and Language Editor

    Based on a novel by American science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick: Nazi Germany and Japan have won the war and divided the United States between them. Hitler’s Greater Nazi Reich rules the world. Yet, the American resistance is in possession ofim Besitz vonin possession of authentic looking newsreelWochenschaunewsreels showing very different realities. How is this possible? Where do the films come from? And why does Juliana Crain seem to play a prominent part in most of them? Fascinating characters, an unpredictableunvorhersehbarunpredictable plot and the spine-chillingschaurigspine-chilling overall scenario make this series utterlyäußerstutterly addictive.

    The Wire (2002–2008)

    Owen Connors, Audio Editor

    This complex crime series takes an honest look at people on both sides of the law trying to survive in the US city of Baltimore. The Wire was created by police reporter David Simon and former homicideMordhomicide detective Ed Burns. Their first-hand experience of the tough side of the city gives the show a realism seldom seen on television. Using an ensemble cast of talented but (at the time) unknown actors, Simon and Burns raised the art of character development and storytelling on TV to new heights.

    Back to the Future (1985)

    Georg Lechner, Graphic Designer

    The year is 1985 when teenager Marty McFly finds himself accidentallyaus Versehenaccidentally travelling thirty years back in time in a DeLorean time machine, created by his mad scientist friend, Doc Brown. As the car arrives in the year 1955, McFly meets his then teenage parents and inadvertentlyversehentlichinadvertently prevents them from meeting each other. McFly must quickly find a way to make a match of the two or risk never being born. The task proves not to be easy, and there are several amusing entanglementsVerwicklungenentanglements along the way. The film was an instant success and was the highest-grossingkommerziell erfolgreichstehighest-grossing film of 1985 worldwide.

    The West Wing (1999–2006)

    Sarah Gough, Picture Editor

    This American political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin is to be binge-worthyetwa: Suchtpotenzial habenbinge-worthy. It takes you behind the scenes at the White House and gives you an insider view of the cut-throatmörderisch; unbarmherzigcut-throat business of politics. Martin Sheen stars as newly elected President Bartlet. He soon finds running the country while keeping his ideals isn't easy. Superb dialogues, fascinating characters and convolutedverschlungenconvoluted storylines will keep you hooked.

    Doctor Strange (2016)

    Judith Rothenbusch, Picture Editor

    Powerful visual effects and dynamic camera angleBlickwinkelangles accompany the narration of this Marvel superhero origin story. Doctor Stephen Strange is a brilliant but egoistic neurosurgeon who loses his ability to perform surgical operations after a car crash damages his hands. When traditional medicine fails him, his search for healing leads him to The Ancient One, who introduces him to the world of mystical arts. Strange soon discovers dark forces are threatening to destroy reality and must choose whether or not to join the fight against evildas Böseevil. A plot twistunerwartete Wendungplot twist will have you on the edge of your seat.

    The Big Sleep (1946)

    Melita Cameron-Wood, Online Editor

    The puzzlingverwirrend; rätselhaftpuzzling plot of this action-packed film noir, brimming withübersprudelnd vorbrimming with murder, lust and deceptionBetrug; Täuschungdeception, still to irkärgernirks many viewers today. Even Raymond Chandler, the author of the 1939 novel behind the film, did not have all the answers to the loose endsoffene Fragenloose ends in the plot. Chandler famously replied, “Dammit, I don’t know!” when Hawks asked him whether the death of the Sternwoods’ chauffeur was a murder or a suicide. The charm of this film, however, lies in its non-formulaic approach, deconstructing the traditional whodunnitKrimiwhodunnit format, meaning “who?” is just the first of many questions.

    Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

    Inez Sharp, Editor-in-Chief

    This film is a feast for the eyes. It follows the traumatic years of Chiyo Sakamoto’s training as a geisha in Kyoto just before and during the Second World War. It was not well received in Japan — critics were unhappy the three main female roles went to non-Japanese actors and the world of the geisha was given a romanticized, westernized look. But anyone who can overlook these shortcomingsMängel, Schwächenshortcomings is to be in for a treatseine wahre Freude haben werdenin for a treat. This sumptuousprächtigsumptuous adaptation of Arthur Golden’s 1997 book of the same name, won Oscars for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design.

    God’s Own Country (2017)

    Nadia Lawrence, Editor

    Francis Lee’s feature directorial debut, God’s Own Country, is a love story played out against the bleakraubleak, stunning backdrop of the Pennine Hills — “the backbone of England”. Angry and unhappy, Johnny Saxby works on the family sheep farm as he meets Gheorghe, a hired migrant worker from Romania. to harbourhier: hegenHarboured emotions are gradually expressed, and the tendernessZärtlichkeittenderness Johnny finally allows himself to feel enables a relationship that sets him on a new path — all the while rediscovering the love for his home. The acting is excellent, the story intelligent and moving.

    What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

    Susanne Krause, Online Editor

    What would happen if four vampires shared a flat in the suburbs of Wellington? The answers that this 2014 movie provides us with are pretty mundane. They fight over who is doing the dishes, go out on weekends and have guests over. Oh, and sometimes they end up killing their guests. Above all, it’s the format that makes What We Do in the Shadows so hilarious. Taika Waititi stages the story as a mockumentaryfiktionale Dokumockumentary, having characters talk to a team of “filmmakers” behind shakywackeligshaky cameras as if they were in a second-rate home movie. This narrative technique makes the — already quite weird — plot feel perfectly insane.