How can you even imagine his sufferings?, a look at “My Brother Khosro”
“My Brother, Khosro”, an intelligent movie, deals with a pain, a pain that without any…
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‘Loving Vincent’ is this century’s best animated film?
Oil painting was arguably the dominant visual art form for nearly 500 years before being…
A French Film Review, Justine Triet’s Victoria
This absurdist drama is a departure for France’s rom-com topliner Virginie Efira. Here she stars…
Animals appear out for revenge in Polish thriller “Spoor”
When you see eyes glow in the dark, you are probably not among friends. That…
Film Review: The Dancer (La Danseuse)
This handsome French/Czechproduced biopic from Stéphanie Di Giusto (adapting Giovanni Lista’s novel) is a sprawling,…
Slovakian drama ‘The Teacher’ is well-acted but uninvolving
At the start of the Slovak drama “The Teacher,” a well-dressed, middle-aged woman enters a…
Aki Kaurismäki ‘s The Other Side of Hope
Over the past 35 years and more than a dozen feature films, Aki Kaurismäki has…
GRAIN by Turkish filmmaker Semih Kaplanoğlu, review
Set in a futuristic society, in a period close to ours, a devastating climate change…
Mexican filmmaker Amat Escalante’s The Untamed
Mexican filmmaker Amat Escalante is one of the more uncompromising directors to have emerged in…
Emmanuelle Bercot’s La Fille de Brest
The latest in director Emmanuelle Bercot’s relentless crusade against social injustice, La Fille de Brest takes…