Louisa Connolly-Burnham’s short film “The Ceiling” is hard to watch. Its subject matter (date rape) is handled in such a…
Browsing: world cinema
There are some films that resist the urge to introduce themselves or announce their themes. Instead, they wait quietly and…
Watching “Irkalla: Gilgamesh’s Dream” is the kind of experience that leaves you sitting with a knot in your stomach long…
I’ve always been a sucker for stories about misfit teenagers, the kind who see the world pressing down on them…
“In the Mood for Love” in the Shadows of Postwar Saigon. It’s a title I offer with full awareness of…
We don’t talk enough about the women who spend their lives holding families together from afar—working in strangers’ homes, raising…
“Metro in Dino” examines imperfect pairings. In bustling Mumbai, an illicit affair leads to Kajol and Monty (Konkona Sen Sharma,…
At a time when movie theatres are inundated with fast-paced comic book films and bombastic sci-fi adventures, “Lokah Chapter One:…
Nostalgia is a funny thing. It can be comforting, like an old cassette tape that still plays despite the hiss…
Through her latest short films, “The Stand” and “Little Bird,” Vietnamese-American filmmaker Oanh-Nhi Nguyen pulls focus to the hardships faced…