Kimi Takesue’s latest film, “Onlookers,” begins and ends basically with the same scene, albeit shot twice. Both scenes feature a…
Author Paul Emmanuel Enicola
Every so often, a director would finally make a film so personal to them that it becomes either their masterpiece…
“Immaculate” (Romanian: “Imaculat”), Romania’s official selection to the 95th Academy Awards for ‘Best International Feature Film,’ approaches a heavy subject…
A cold night in December. Ebba waits for the tram to go home after a party, but the ride takes…
“For the last 30 years, India had been projected to be the world’s fastest-growing economy,” director Rahul Jain narrates in…
“Aurora’s Sunrise” (Armenian: “Արշալույսի լուսաբացը”) begins with a series of title cards that provide context to the film. In 1919,…
At a time where love stories come a dime a dozen, it’s almost a tall order to make the audience…
Filmmakers present their stories in an anthology format because of various objectives. A series might present an anthology in stories…
Midway through Li Ruijun’s “Return to Dust” (Chinese: 隐入尘烟), we see a husband and wife planting crops together. The wife…
Riga, Latvia. January 2, 1991. The OMON Special Units of the USSR Ministry of the Interior occupy the city’s press…