There is an interesting link between space and the way people behave. Filmmaker Hong Sang-soo uses space and setting to weave a quiet narrative in... Read More
New York Film Festival
Each film festival season brings with it at least one title that charms with the charisma of its child actors. Carla Simón’s Alcarràs, which comes... Read More
Opening with a “special thanks” immediately preceding a reverse order roll of the end credits may seem like a peculiar choice for any film, let... Read More
The brutal murder of Emmett Louis Till made headlines around the world 1950s America. People were aware that Black people in the U.S. were being... Read More
When the pandemic hit the U.S., my fear of death oddly became most apparent when I would venture out to the grocery store. Strange, I... Read More
There’s something inherently fascinating about taking a short story and extending it to a feature film that asks for a three-hour runtime. You can sit... Read More
Kira Kovalenko’s Unclenching of the Fists is set in North Ossetia, in the Russian Caucasus, the site of the horrific Beslan School attack of 2004.... Read More
Watching the beginning of Radu Jude’s new film, you have to remind yourself that it’s not really porn. There is actual sex on screen, but... Read More
Passing, Rebecca Hall’s debut film as a writer-director, is a studied adaptation of Nellallitea “Nella” Larsen’s eponymous 1929 novel set in Harlem, New York. The... Read More
The landscape of Întregalde pierces you with a cold so persistent, you can’t help but shiver with the characters onscreen. Radu Muntean’s drama turns the... Read More
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