For those who’ve ever lit a doobie and stared at Pink Floyd’s cover art with glazed eyes, wondering what it all means, man, rejoice:…
So far as vanity projects go, Shooting Stars is a refreshingly humble affair, which is perhaps fitting for a global superstar — LeBron James…
The way in which people interact with the archaic or outmoded is an ever-evolving proposition. Especially given the unbelievable pace of the 20th and…
Part coming-of-age tale, part ghost story, Charlotte Le Bon’s Falcon Lake stands out among its “teenager finds himself over the course of an idyllic…
Ma Dong-seok has found his niche. Last summer brought us The Roundup, the sequel to Ma’s hit 2017 vehicle, The Outlaws, and here we…
There’s something rotten at the heart of the Mexican elite, so says writer-director Joaquin del Paso in his new film, The Hole in the…
Detrimental is the perspective mired in solipsism, where the world that surrounds a character exists only to serve their compulsions. What is disclosed through…
With Past Lives, director Celine Song has a fine story on her hands — and she knows it. A decade after immigrating with her…
The central message behind Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” campaign in 1982 was this: if an individual could say no to drugs, there were…
One of the things that Rob Savage’s The Boogeyman has going for it is that it’s often too dark to see what’s happening. That’s…
At its most fraught, to be Black is to feel as if locked in constant battle with the external forces committed to devaluing your…
Disclaimer: It’s important to acknowledge the severity of the accusations of abuse made against both Shia LaBeouf and Asia Argento, and clarify that while…
In a movie landscape dense with stodgy prequels, unremarkable sequels, and remakes that nobody asked for, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is that rare thing:…
In This Issue: FEATURES: CANNES FILM FESTIVAL: Club Zero (Jessica Hausner) by M.G. Mailloux // Last Summer (Catherine Breillat) by Luke Gorham // Kidnapped (Marco…
Priest, politician, resistance fighter, and social worker Abbé Pierre remains one of France’s most popular figures, best known for founding Emmaus, a charity movement…
In many respects, each of the works by Wang Bing at Cannes this year exemplify the now reigning axes of Wang’s interests and style.…
A deceptive airiness courses through No Love Lost, the sophomore feature from Erwan Le Duc — which follows his equally quaint and whimsical The…
Elena Martín Gimeno is the director, co-writer, and star of Creatura, a somewhat oddly titled film. When Mila (Gimeno) and her partner find themselves…