Master French experimental filmmaker Jean-Claude Rousseau plays with pop music in Où sont tous mes amants?, a title borrowed from a 1935 tune that…
“The word ‘Gaza’ means ‘pride’” is a statement softly uttered by Piero Usberti, whose gaze will define our capacity to witness in his feature…
Georges Arnaud’s novel The Wages of Fear has, of course, been adapted for the screen twice: Henri-Georges Clouzot directed his film of the same…
After generating a considerable amount of notoriety and speculation for a film of its scale, the people can now finally watch The People’s Joker.…
The title of Woody Allen’s latest film translates as “a lucky break,” and that’s an apt enough way to characterize his ability to line…
At first blush (and the next few, for that matter), actress Brittany Snow’s directorial debut, Parachute, which premiered in the Narrative Feature Competition at…
The rare eagerly anticipated sequel to a hit documentary, Girls State, from filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, understandably exists in the shadow of…
Prior to the premiere of The Old Oak at Cannes back in May, Ken Loach indicated that this would be his last feature film.…
Death hangs over Jeff Rutherford’s keenly observed and poignant feature debut, A Perfect Day for Caribou. We meet Herman (Jeb Barrier), a scruffy, world-weary…
In an interview with Michael Haneke about 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994), the final part of the director’s then lesser-known Glaciation Trilogy (1989 -…
“You are a baby man.” Less an insult than an observation, these words spoken to Lousy Carter (David Krumholtz) by his ex Candela (Olivia…
Steve Buscemi’s directorial efforts have tended to focus on outsiders and castoffs. In his 1996 debut, Trees Lounge, the hopeless and downhearted congregate at…
With 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong, director Adam Wingard became one of the few Western filmmakers to realize that the kaiju movie is more a…
A man living by himself in a small, ramshackle house. A knock at the door. A stranger asking for help who may or may…
At the height of the pandemic, one of the more uplifting trends on social media were videos of people living in cities, clanging pots…
In an edition of surprises, programming eclecticism, and a refreshingly measured jury performance, Nicolas Philibert’s Golden Bear win for his latest documentary might yet…
Slackers have been the bread and butter of indie cinema since 90’s mainstays like Clerks and Slacker helped jumpstart the whole modern American independent…
In a sea of forgettable, workman-like mediocrity, let us appreciate Luc Besson’s DogMan for being something of a rarity: an honest-to-goodness fiasco born of…