Inspired by his 2007 documentary Beautiful Young Minds, the feature narrative debut of Morgan Matthews, A Brilliant Young Mind, is a confidently directed versio...

One of the surest ways to ensure fealty in someone is to make them feel as though they belong. Any group that seeks to instill loyalty in its members must first...

Who knew cows could be a symbol of freedom, resistance, self-sufficiency, and identity? On the surface it's absurd and yet they became Palestinian town Beit Sah...

It might be hard to conceive of how a tragic story like Madame Bovary could be turned into a farcical and winning comedy, and yet here we stand. With remarkable...

There are some huge ebbs and flows in Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler. At times I loved it, others I felt bad for laughing, and some instances made me wonder what exa...

There's a great reference in Welcome to Me about Cindy Sherman that many may gloss over. Director Shira Piven and screenwriter Eliot Laurence made mention to Ne...

After enjoying Ruba Nadda's Inescapable and hearing praise for Cairo Time I was intrigued by her latest effort, October Gale. For whatever reason Nadda doesn't ...

I kept trying to think about what films Zhang Yimou's Coming Home reminded me of while watching. Obvious ones came to mind like Away From Her and Amour where Go...

Every movie should have a score by Ludovico Einaudi and it's comforting to see Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano agree. After using his haunting music on the sk...