When a long-suppressed work of art finally surfaces, it generates unexpected conceptual ripples. We understand that the work was made in a particular time and…
It’s never easy admitting that you’re getting old. As we round the corner into the mid-2020s, an entire generation has to reckon with the idea…
No, it’s not the Brendan Fraser vehicle, nor is Boris Karloff back from the dead; Tom Cruise, mercifully, is nowhere to be found. An original…
In this dispatch: After Dreaming, Selegna…
Can there be any reward for tolerance in an intolerant world? Fatih Akin’s Amrum opens with the arrival of German refugees to the titular German…
Two things can be true at once — a simple fact of life many folks still struggle to accept. Even with his reputation perpetually tarnished…
Tarik Saleh’s Eagles of the Republic, the final installment in the Swedish-Egyptian filmmaker’s Cairo trilogy following 2017’s The Nile Hilton Incident and 2022’s Cairo Conspiracy,…
A legend like Kiyoshi Kurosawa might not need any introduction, but what you find out when talking with him is that he’s very different from…
In 2018, Saudi Arabia opened its first movie theaters in more than three decades. Just a few short years later, production began on the $150…
It’s almost always fun when a movie hops genres, changing up the structure and tropes you thought it was operating under until you realize it…
Isolationism breeds a variety of affects that spur those involved toward indelibly discrete action. In many, Sho Miyake’s latest, Two Seasons, Two Strangers, courses the…
In this dispatch: Agon, Donkey Days, Fantasy…
If Peter Farrelly acquired any auteurist pretensions after undeservedly winning the Oscar for Best Picture with his insincere race-relations road movie Green Book (2018), he…
To watch a Pete Ohs film is to watch a film unspool right before your eyes. While that may sound obvious — all movies play…
Frédéric Da wants to make it known that his new social drama, isaiah’s phone, is a work of complete fiction. This despite the film’s unsettling…
Purists will surely find something to cavil at in Aneil Karia’s latest spin on William Shakespeare’s greatest and longest play, Hamlet, as is so often…
Existing at the nexus of fashion, popular music, and horror, David Lowery’s Mother Mary, a multi-genre whatsit, proudly wears its pretentiousness on its (couture) sleeve.…
Sophy Romvari has used cinema to mine the fractured, seemingly incomplete nature of her family history since her first short film, Nine Behind. In that…
Few filmmakers have the benefit of having real, honest-to-goodness hype around their debut feature. Many of our best talents come out of nowhere with very…
It wasn’t too surprising to watch Bob Odenkirk transition from a comedian to a sturdy dramatic actor; that kind of thing happens all the time.…
The Part-Time shorts program, in collaboration with Now Instant Image Hall, was presented at the Los Angeles Festival of Movies in two blocks. The first…