“Leave the light on. It’s easier for me to dream.”
The opening shot of Việt and Nam, writer-director Trương Minh Quý’s sophomore film, is a feat of cinemati...
Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross' narrative feature debut, is the story of a stubborn world, resisting change. Adapted from Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys, it's an...
Independent filmmaking duo Scott McGehee and David Siegel's The Friend, their newest in a 30-year collaboration, is a dog movie. Or, more aptly, it’s a film ab...
When J. Hoberman placed game 6 of the 1986 World Series on his Village Voice year-end list, we had one of the first, most convincing attempts to enshrine live ...
As exciting as it can be to see some of the most-anticipated films of the year at their festival debuts, it's perhaps even a more enticing proposition to seek ...
After exploring World War II with last year's more experimental documentary Occupied City, Steve McQueen returns to the subject matter on an epic canvas with t...
“Something big is about to change,” is surely one ominous beginning for a debut fiction feature, but director Neo Sora knows how to calibrate the fine balance ...
In this year’s diverse line-up of Venice competition titles, there is one that stands out. A film without any predecessors or useful comparison-companions, a t...
Mike Leigh is nothing if not an expert at conceiving (in conjunction with talented actors) a certain kind of larger-than-life character. Well, larger-than-life...
After crafting one of the most remarkable documentaries of the last few years with the Apichatpong Weerasethakul-backed, Sundance-winning, Oscar-nominated ...
