In 2014, the Dutch filmmaking duo of Lonnie van Brummelen and Siebren de Haan made a film called Episode of the Sea, collaborating with…
Brigid McCaffrey’s debut feature plays very much like a pleasant walk in the woods. One is surrounded by the hazy glint of sunlight on…
It’s rather rare for debut features to world premiere in Competition at Cannes. The second-tier lineup, Un Certain Regard, is the festival’s typical launchpad…
Sinhalese filmmaker Rajee Samarasinghe has been making exquisite short films for the past several years, works that hold out the suggestion of narrative meaning…
In her fifth feature film, Turkish director Pelin Esmer adopts a self-reflexive approach to storytelling. While the attempt is admirable and occasionally intriguing, And…
This time last year, few would have expected that we’d spend the end of 2024 relitigating Robbie Williams. But the release of Better Man…
Six years ago, Mike Leigh produced his first war film, Peterloo, in which domestic unrest in 1819 led British troops to slaughter protesting civilians.…
The Girl with the Needle, the third feature film by Swedish director Magnus von Horn, wastes no time in announcing to the viewer that…
Andrea Arnold is not without talent, but she has some of the worst instincts of any allegedly major director. Take Fish Tank, for example.…
While the experimental “sidebar” screenings at larger film festivals receive more than their share of critical attention, they only have so many slots to…
The Gloria of your Imagination, the new experimental feature from Jennifer Reeves, arrives at a moment when the future of women’s autonomy is an…
Before making her feature film debut with 2019’s Atlantics, French-Senegalese director Mati Diop produced a series of poetic short films, all of which explored…
The new documentary from Brett Story (The Hottest August) and Stephen T. Maing (Crime + Punishment) is an imperfect film, in that it often…
Since his out-of-nowhere debut feature Tales from the Gimli Hospital in 1988, Winnipeg-based director Guy Maddin has become synonymous with a very particular brand…
In a way, it’s odd that Coppola decided that The Cotton Club required a concluding fantasy sequence. Yes, as a movie musical, The Cotton…
Who’s a Fredo? The Godfather Part II Against the New Right 1. In what amounts to the coda of The Godfather Part II, the…
Until 2019, the Toronto International Film Festival had a section called Masters. As you might assume, it was a space for major filmmakers with…
With four features and twice as many short films under his belt, writer-director Kazik Radwanski has become one of the leading lights of Canadian…