The meticulous recounting of Sara Jane Moore’s actions only deepens their mystery.
‘Pavements’ Review: Alex Ross Perry’s Slanted and Enchanted Portrait of Indie Band Pavement
Perry’s Cubist portrait finds a fitting balance between reverence and mischievousness.
‘Grand Tour’ Review: A Playful Look at a Doomed Romance in the Twilight of Colonialism
Miguel Gomes casts a satirical eye on a globetrotting journey’s basis in colonial conquest.
‘Misericordia’ Review: Alain Guiraudie’s Thorny Exploration of Sexual Desire and Repression
The competing passions at play throughout Misericordia inevitably spill over into violence.
For Mendonça Filho, to reflect reality isn’t enough, as cinema has to find its own truth.
‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’ Review: An Alternately Thrilling and Dense Action Epic
Soi Cheang’s bustling, lovingly crafted frames are a breath of fresh air.
‘July Rhapsody’ Review: Ann Hui’s Resonant Portrait of Artistic Expression Across Time
Hui’s investment in her characters and their passions bleeds through every frame.
The People’s Joker Review: Vera Drew Unleashes Underdog Spirit in Trans Coming-of-Age Story
Throughout, Drew lampoons comedy institutions as freely as she does superhero hegemony.
Throughout the film, Mendonça Filho’s warm remembrances are streaked with bitterness.
The film refuses to vary from its quickly established tone of gentle, plaintive lyricism.
The wry humor of the film masks profoundly complex and painful undercurrents of emotion.
A Galaxy of Conspiracy Chaos: William Richert’s ‘Winter Kills,’ Presented by Quentin Tarantino
The history of Winter Kills is nearly as lurid and tangled as the conspiracy it depicts.
‘Neige’ Review: Juliet Berto and Jean-Henri Roger’s Moving Vision of Social Solidarity
The film’s hard-won humanism belongs only to itself.