Raymond Carver bristled at the term “minimalism,” when it was used to describe his work. His prose, with its spare…
Browsing: Film Festival
Alice Diop’s first attempt at fiction filmmaking, the ‘Silver Lion’-winning “Saint Omer,” is more than a courtroom drama as it…
Narvel Roth (Joel Edgerton) sits at a desk in a dimly-lit room, writing in a notebook. In another movie, this…
“If you want to dance the mask, you must service the composer.” Todd Fields’ first feature in sixteen years, “TÁR”…
In the closing credits of Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winner “Triangle of Sadness,” Michael Haneke is listed among those the…
João Pedro Rodrigues’ “Will-o’-the-Wisp” (“Fogo-fátuo”) creatively, although disjointedly, examines colonial oppression and the effects of remembrance in the relationship of…
A goodie bag of candy-colored nostalgia, Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” is a stylish and ambitious take on Don DeLillo’s postmodern…
Bertrand Bonello’s “Coma” explores the existential miasma and uncertainty of the future through hallucinogenic playfulness in techniques and aesthetics. It creates…
It’s been a big summer for film, coming off of the horror niche Fantasia International Film Festival and recent Toronto International…
I am a big fan of Alejandro Landes’ “Monos,” a Spanish-language film that is breathtaking in its visuals and about…