In an incandescent moment in Indian moviemaker Rima Das’ third feature Bulbul Can Sing, the titular character, an Assamese teenage girl, is guided onto the bough of…
Financially limited, but overflowing with cultural richness, African cinema is less frequently present at international festivals than productions from most…
A purveyor of communal introspection and historical accountability, Romanian visionary Radu Jude makes movies about specific events, defining time periods,…
Divisiveness is universal. That ironic truth is the key that allows people to understand and relate to geographically distant conflicts.…
Conceived to forge men via traditional practices, the rite of passage in South Africa’s Xhosa community is grounded on the…
Describing a war film as "visually economical" goes against the expectation of grandeur associated with those stories. In the case…
Asghar Farhadi’s newest film The Salesman recently won prizes at Cannes for both Farhadi’s screenplay and for Shahab Hosseini’s lead performance. The…
A door opens, a crime is committed, honor is transgressed, and the conflicts in a literary classic intertwine with a…
Fake teeth, a raggedy wig, and the playful love of a father that knows no boundaries make the title character…
MovieMaker’s series “Foreign Contenders” will feature interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the Academy Award for Best…
MovieMaker's weekly series “Foreign Contenders” features interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the Academy Award for…
Previously known for his 2012 film No and 2015 film The Club, Pablo Larraín has sprung into the limelight this fall…
Over the next two months, MovieMaker's weekly series "Foreign Contenders" will feature interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries' entries…
Andrzej Wajda, the powerhouse purveyor of Polish cinema with a celebrated knack for devastating depictions of war-torn Europe, passed away…
Gloria, Sebastián Lelio's feature about a spirited older woman determined to get the most out of life, raises questions about…
Every month, Interiors Journal dissects the floorplan of a film set to investigate the relationship between space and action. This…
An AK47 and a Fisher Price light saber. Two of the first things I saw in Kinshasa as we were…