Luz
Written and directed by Tilman Singer
Starring Luana Velis, Johannes Benecke and Jan Bluthardt
Running time: 1 hour and 10 minutes

by Judson Cade Pedigo

I’ve been in the middle of a movie drought. It happens every now and then, you’ve got movies for days (as the kids say) but no time to watch them. The biggest problem about a movie drought is that I get so thirsty for entertainment that when I finally do manage to catch a flick, it becomes the greatest movie ever. During the great drought of 04’ I walked away from Black Knight starring Martin Lawrence by starting an aggressive “for your consideration” letter writing campaign to the Academy even though it was already three years old at that point. What can I say, it spoke to me. Like I said, I’ve been stuck in this movie drought for the last few months, so when Luz, the debut feature film from Tilman Singer arrived from out of nowhere, I fell hard. Now, are these just the misguided affections of a man desperate for movie companionship or is it true? I can safely say that this is movie love at first sight.