Her films' texture and intimacy can be so intense as to make one forget Sofia Coppola's never delved into the documentary field. (Unless Bill Murray really spe...
While filmmakers tout their usage of the latest and greatest technology through extensive aspect-ratio videos and infographics, leave it to one filmmaker to ut...
The Criterion Channel's March lineup isn't lacking for director retrospectives, but there's unique pleasure to be found in their themed programming. Constituti...
Non-fiction cinema is before and after Frederick Wiseman, an indisputable notion that loses no import with the news, made official by his own Zipporah Films, t...
Any film that earns you, personally, the greatest number of Oscars since Walt Disney is a tough act to follow, so one must admire Sean Baker's lack of pretensi...
Returning to the festival circuit last year with some of the most acclaim of his career, Sergei Loznitsa's Cannes premiere Two Prosectuors will now get a U.S. ...
A fresh spin on a familiar tale, Gabe Klinger's Isabel places the classic midlife-crisis story in São Paolo, Brazil, where its eponymous character—a sommelière...
With The Secret Agent and I'm Still Here leading a wave of global interest in contemporary Brazilian cinema, another gem from the country will arrive this spri...
Synonyms and Ahed's Knee director Nadav Lapid returned last year with Yes, a blistering satire targeting Israeli nationalism that premiered at Cannes Directors...
After graduating from Hampshire College with a degree in music theory, Leonard Pearce turned his passions to film and writing. He lives in upstate NY with his wife Laura and cat Tardi.
