In an old interview with David Ehrlich, filmmaker and critic Kent Jones recalls a conversation with Arnaud Desplechin in which the great French director told…
At first glance, Dominik Moll’s Case 137 looks a lot like his last film, the César-winning The Night of the 12th. That film was a…
A suspicious disappearance of a teenage girl in a small town on the Côte d’Azur sends a young woman searching and spiraling in the Cartesian…
Valerie Donzelli’s At Work has proven divisive since its festival premiere last year; a film about an artist’s existential ennui while searching for his authentic…
“Listen Mr. Mersault, You’re not the first nor last to kill an Arab. You won’t be faulted for that. Trust me, I know the French…
Robert Zucchini — with a nom de plume that simultaneously signifies an Italian origin and mitigates any self-seriousness — loves Victor Hugo. He’s a writer,…
There’s no denying that a long tradition in horror exists of the unseen being scarier than showing the monsters. Hitchcock was famously quoted as saying,…
Honest question: do we live in a post-cinematic world? Equally honest answer: no, of course not, cinema can absolutely meet the moment. The tools afforded…
Eight Bridges James Benning is a master of moments. Over a career that spans five decades and twice as many modal deviations, Benning abstracts the…
When Chinese mixed media artist Zhou Tao had his critical breakout with The Periphery of the Base in 2024, it seemed like he had conjured…
James Benning is a master of moments. Over a career that spans five decades and twice as many modal deviations, Benning abstracts the American Problem…
15 years after the political uprising in Thailand by the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (also known as the Red Shirts), during which more…
Howard Wiseman’s self-described “quasi-history” of dark age Britain, Then Arthur Fought: The Matter of Britain, is an account of the historical material — matières, as…
Succeeding the opening text of Amilcar is a close-up on a man’s face depicted in ultra-slow speed, soon revealed as interview footage, amidst a disorienting…
“And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you’ve said…
Dolly lays its porcelain head at the altar of Leatherface. Rod Blackhurst’s bootstraps indie horror is unabashedly pious toward The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the seminal…
There’s an early scene in Amy Wang’s Slanted where our main character, Joan Huang (Shirley Chen), is shown scrolling through social media while wearing a clothespin fastened…
The concept of being a flop, a loser, a dud, an empty promise, and a failure in 2026. The new year is already growing old,…
Where Homer’s Odyssey featured the originary myth of homecoming, the modern sojourner often seeks first to venture outside before finding, in the process, his true…
After A New Love in Tokyo, Banmei Takahashi turned beyond the mortal realm. Japan was fine. His films — whether through home video as V-Cinema or…