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...
A Hong Sangsoo Berlinale premiere is no surprising development, but the first details on his 34th feature, The Day She Returns, are particularly exciting. Not ...
Following up Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy and his Oscar-winning Drive My Car with Evil Does Not Exist, which was shot in secret, more info is coming together f...
After directing six (!) new films between 2020 and 2024, Zhang Yimou took a bit of a breather last year, but he's now back this month with a new spy thriller. ...
While this year's Sundance Film Festival continues through the weekend, including online viewing nationwide, the winners have been unveiled, with Beth de Araúj...
Nearly all of Hong Sangsoo's films are funny—Funny Ha Ha does what it says on the tin—but it's been a moment since the man released a proper comedy. This made ...
While Kiyoshi Kurosawa hardly leaves us wanting for new work—2024 saw the premiere of three projects, one of which landed high on our best-of-2025 list and ano...
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.
