How do you prefer your Julia Ducournau cooked? Well, there is “Raw” (2016), Ducournau’s bold, grisly—and yes, raw—debut, an instant…
Browsing: world cinema
Some names outgrow the stories they came from. In the Philippines, say “Sisa” and people immediately understand what you mean.…
Several years ago, someone whom I was then seeing asked me a seemingly simple question: In a relationship, would you…
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…