Jürgen Fauth

When newlywed Mina Koblitz returns to Brooklyn from a disastrous honeymoon, she finds two film canisters on her doorstep: Tulpendiebe, the first film by her grandfather Klaus Koblitz, known as “Kino.” Koblitz was once the youngest director at Ufa, but like all his films, Tulpendiebe had been considered lost since the Second World War.

While her new husband lies in hospital with a tropical fever, Mina flies to Berlin. She wants to find out where the film came from, why her grandfather worked for the Nazis, and what happened after he emigrated to Hollywood.

A meticulously researched, fast-moving thriller about artistic responsibility, family ties and historical guilt — and at the same time a declaration of love to the movies, from the silent era to YouTube.

When legendary improvisational rock band Phish returns to the stage after a five-year breakup, longtime fan and hardboiled hippie sleuth Quentin Pfeiffer has to be there — even though he is older, wiser, and the father of an adorable baby daughter now.

But not everything is sunshine and rainbows in the freewheeling circus surrounding the band’s summer tour: after the millionaire skipper of a drug-drenched luxury yacht goes missing, Q and his crew are drawn into a dangerous intrigue of dreadlocked dames, shady tape collectors, and spun-out wookies chasing after the long-lost recording of a mysterious late-night jam.

A gripping psychedelic mystery set in the world of obsessive Phish fans, during a run of concerts at Long Island’s Jones Beach amphitheater.

Raves collects fifty-six passionate reviews of instant classics, well-kept art house secrets and under-appreciated blockbusters from the first decade of the new century.

From French slasher flicks to x-rated musicals, Raves represents a dozen years worth of Jürgen’s most enthusiastic recommendations from his tenure as About.com’s critic for art house film. Whether you’re a budding cineaste ready to discover movies beyond the multiplex or a seasoned film freak looking for out-of-the-way titles, Raves offers to-the-point critiques of less than obvious movies everyone should see.