One of 2018's first notable debuts, Ava concerns a young girl's coming-of-age via rebellion -- a not-unfamiliar idea that writer-director Sadaf Foroughi mak...
Writer-director John Cameron Mitchell (Rabbit Hole, Shortbus) is back this year, teaming with author Neil Gaiman, and a cast featuring Elle Fanning, Alex Sh...
The past is a home country in Corsica-born French director Thierry de Peretti’s second feature, A Violent Life. A crime saga chronicling Corsica’s gruesome 1990...
Huang Hsin-Yao is a new voice in independent Taiwanese cinema, and his first narrative feature–an adaptation of his short film The Great Buddha–carries itself w...
Khalik Allah's debut feature Field Niggas took viewers by surprise. The film, a rare contemporary ethnographic documentary set on the corner of 125th and Lexing...
Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham, and I welcome Jaime Smith to help us talk about ...
One could not ask for a better readymade metaphor than a massive construction site right next to a retirement home. Shevaun Mizrahi takes the image of new infra...
While the title suggests a beginning and the story likewise introduces the possibility of one, The First Lap is actually about a relationship that’s gone throug...
Algeria, Kythira island, and the Greek mainland. Three parts, three facets of globalization. Past, present, and possible futures. French-Algerian director Narim...