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…
One of the biggest pitfalls of depicting and representing trauma arrives precisely and most insidiously in what appears to be its greatest strength: by…
Those about to eulogize reach for poetry; for anyone, mourning periods commingle, confuse, and unpredictably change one’s experience of time. But in Christophe Honoré’s…
Every weekday, middle-aged legal worker Andrew Rakowski gets in his car and commutes home through suburban Melbourne: and indeed, this constitutes the vast bulk…
An overhead shot tracks a car’s snaking glide down a mountain road as a turquoise lake looms below. Credits appear, and the score begins…
Skinner Myers’ feature debut is a serpentine construct, a vision of subjectivity that embraces both virtuousness and transgression, emphatic in its depiction of self-destruction.…
From the first frame of Alcarràs, Carla Simón alerts the viewer to the integrality of the summery Catalonian landscape of her film. Within these…
It takes a kind of charming naïveté these days to purport to represent the vagaries of sexuality onscreen without so much as a sideways…
In recent years, Copenhagen’s Rigshospitalet was the site of most of the major Danish royalty’s births. Last year, it was ranked the 15th best…
Decision to Leave piles on the plot twists, but never loses its essential noir romance vibe. Tang Wei remains one of the great actresses of…
Taming the Garden is a beautiful and brutal work, Jashi both in awe of the work her camera captures and aware of its destructive nature.…
The Night is another minutiae-oriented short from Tsai, meaning found in the details of its mini symphony of Hong Kong. Following up, as it…
The African Desperate is a fascinating, assured debut anchored by a star-making turn from Stingily and Syms’ confident formalism. The first few minutes of Martine…
The Cathedral is D’Ambrose’s portrait of the artist as a young man, a bracingly vigorous work and a precise survey of emotional turmoil. After a…
Outside Noise is an effortlessly accomplished work, unforced and moving toward an emotional spectrum out of the reach of most filmmakers. Ted Fendt’s body…
This Magnificent Cake! could stand be fleshed out a bit and its dual metaphors can feel somewhat redundant, but there’s no denying the film’s astounding…
It’s often difficult to understand Babysitter’s aims, and viewers deserve more than something this over-caffeinated and underwritten. Director Monia Chokri’s dark comedy Babysitter establishes a…
Free Chol Soo Lee doesn’t quite feel like a full exploration of its subject matter, but Ha and Yi’s act of excavation still ultimately proves…