A standout among feature-length directorial debuts this year, David Depesseville's Astrakan is one of the most piercing, enigmatic coming-of-age stories, provi...
Emerging as one of the most accomplished Japanese directors of the last decade, Harmonium and A Girl Missing director Kōji Fukada is back with his next feature...
After Rory O'Connor reviewed Kamila Andini's Before, Now & Then some 18 months ago at Berlinale, where it picked up the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Per...
Odds are low we'll watch Roman Polanski's The Palace through strictly legal means in the United States, those of us who maintain interest instead waiting for T...
A highlight at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year Babak Jalali’s Jarmuschian tale of assimilation and identity, Fremont, is now gearing up for a release ...
While How to with John Wilson is closing out its brilliant, three-season run, its creator has boarded a new project that shares his passion for looking at the ...
With R.M.N., Bad Luck Banging (not to mention a new film from Radu Jude this year), Întregalde, and more in recent years, the Romanian New Wave is alive and we...
One of the major cinematic events of the year was the Cannes premiere of the first film in three decades from Spanish director Víctor Erice (The Spirit of the ...
In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s there was one young actor who personified the burgeoning ennui of Generation X but, you know, made it look cool: Christian Slat...
One of the most impressive films at Sundance Film earlier this year was the latest work from Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Elaine McMIllion Sheldo...