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December 18, 2015
László Nemes devises a peculiarly organic film language for his Holocaust-set debut, Son of Saul—in this writer’s opinion, the best…
December 3, 2015
Charles Poekel’s evocative film Christmas, Again is set to become a minor holiday classic. A tender young man, appropriately named…
November 13, 2015
Entertainment, Rick Alverson's latest work after 2012's The Comedy, uses these misled expectations as the basis to create a narrative…
October 22, 2015
"Nasty Baby," starring Silva himself, Kristen Wiig, and Tunde Adebimpe, a gay couple and their best friend attempt to have…
August 26, 2015
Wielding old grudges and fierce regrets as sharpened weapons, two women reassess their friendship in Queen of Earth, an intense…
May 1, 2015
Starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Michael Sheen, Thomas Vinterberg's latest film is a new screen adaption of Thomas Hardy’s…
February 16, 2015
Prolific and utterly unconventional, the filmmaking duo of Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia, screened their latest film, H., as part…
January 14, 2015
Chekhovian philosophical debates filter through complex characters in Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s magnificent Winter Sleep.
December 12, 2014
What’s most enjoyable, both in films and in life, isn’t the destination itself but the journey—even if the promised land
July 7, 2014
This week’s Crowdfunder Pick is Ambulante, a travelling documentary film festival founded by the likes of Diego Luna and Gael…
July 2, 2014
An antidote for cynicism that still upholds the truth of its characters’ struggles, Louise Archambault’s Gabrielle is a refreshingly heartwarming…
June 12, 2014
Heli earned Amat Escalante the Best Director Award at Cannes in 2013 and was chosen as Mexico’s official Oscar submission…
May 14, 2014
In the mid-1960s, Claude Lelouch’s film A Man and a Woman achieved international success.