Minecraft is the key to Germany's official Oscar entry

Minecraft is the key to Germany's official Oscar entry

At the heart of Sandra Wollner’s melancholy, fantastical German drama Everytime, which won the top prize in this year’s Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, is Minecraft. Yes, Germany’s official Oscar entry, and one of the year’s most poignant films, finds its beating, cubic heart among the game’s blocks. It’s not a ridiculous adaptation with Jack Black and chicken jockeys, nor is it a film that takes place entirely inside the game itself, like …