Several years ago, someone whom I was then seeing asked me a seemingly simple question: In a relationship, would you…
Browsing: world cinema
There’s a version of “The Yellow Tie” that plays like a straightforward biopic: childhood hardship, artistic awakening, the long climb…
In a hypothetical awards category of Best Faces, “The Secret Agent” (2025) would leave any ceremony with the statue. Pinpointing…
The first time I saw “The Voice of Hind Rajab” it broke my heart. I found myself having to rewatch…
Today, Vittorio De Sica’s “The Bicycle Thieves” has retained its urgency because the film finds the human bone beneath a…
“A Place of Absence” opens with a voice that feels both steady and wounded. A woman reflects on having lived…
In the lobby of the hospital where her father is receiving treatment, 11-year-old Fuki Okita (Yui Suzuki) pauses in front…
When Roger Ebert died, Werner Herzog mourned the loss of his friend and champion, labeling the great critic a “good…
With over 140 acting credits, Turkish/French actor Tchéky Karyo has always been a favorite of mine. In the late ’90s-2000s,…
It’s telling that for most Filipinos—especially the younger generation—Manuel Luis Quezon exists not as a person but as currency. His…