What do you get when you get together three of Europe’s most intriguing screen presences (in Ben Whishaw, Franz Rogowski,…
Browsing: World Cinema
Like most years, the 2023 Sundance Film Festival has had an eclectic and exciting array of ‘Midnight’ selections. Some films…
Maziyar Khatam’s short film “Baba,” co-directed by Anya Chirkova and Meran Ismailsoy, begins with a tense situation: Two men who…
The chemistry of “Slow’s” leading duo, Greta Grinevičiūtė and Kęstutis Cicėnas, may be palpable, causing intimate scenes to seem humanistic…
Films like “Enough” and “Sleeping with the Enemy,” though good-intentioned, cannot escape the curse of Hollywood-ization. We like to see…
Kimi Takesue’s latest film, “Onlookers,” begins and ends basically with the same scene, albeit shot twice. Both scenes feature a…
While “La Pecera” (The Fishbowl) may not play with the magical realism it hinted at during its first act, which…
After two pretty underwhelming features in “An Easy Girl” and “Planetarium,” Rebecca Zlotowski is back in top form, just as she…
Jafar Panahi’s “No Bears” (“Khers nist,” original title) is a daring multi-hyphenate, pivoting from cranky comedy-of-manners to docu-fiction to operatic…
I encountered “I Vitelloni” in the ‘Turner Movie Classic Collection’ on HBO Max. I am admittedly always weary of watching…