Two things can be true at once. The old debate over whether Hong Sangsoo's cinema is overly earnest or self-aware was always a bit reductive––when the most lig...
Playing his signature brand of rural French absurdity in stark counterpoint to the grandiose strains of a space opera, Bruno Dumont returns with The Empire: hi...
The memes won't let you forget, but 2019 was half a decade ago. That was also the year Olivier Assayas' Wasp Network––an odd return to the realm of his TV seri...
Some years ago, an uncle of mine traveled to Palestine with a group of volunteers. It was a time of fewer videophones, certainly in the region, and the organis...
Egos are charred and tempers seared in La Cocina, a kitchen nightmare set in the engine rooms of a vast Times Square eatery where the staff have more pressing ...
Anyone looking to debate the limits of progress should cast an eye on 1980s Ireland. As a generation born in revolution and civil war moved from farms to towns...
2023 had its fair share of memorable scores and music. Any year with new work from Joe Hisaishi and Mica Levi is going to be one for the books, but the last 12...
In The Animal Kingdom, an Un Certain Regard-selected science-fiction romp from France, human-animal mutations are the new norm. Director Thomas Cailley begins ...
In Inshallah a Boy, a new film from Jordan, a young mother faces some grueling events. It's set around the bustling capitol, Amman, a place where temperatures ...
The first of Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros' four hours moves as quick as a glacier. Herbs are inspected at a farmer's market. Two chefs weigh up the benefits of...
Irish-born, Berlin-based, Rory O'Connor has been covering the European film festival circuit since 2012. A regular contributor to The Film Stage, his work has also appeared in Frieze, The Playlist, and CineVue.
