Although we were firmly in the minority when it comes to Won't You Be My Neighbor? (along with the Academy), audiences clearly felt differently, leading to ...
Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, coming off of his Palme d'Or winner Shoplifters, is shaping up to reach an even bigger audience with his next film, The...
We've been singing the praises of Philippe Lesage's stunning coming-of-age film Genesis since last fall, where Zhuo-Ning Su caught it at Hamburg Film Festiv...
One of the few A-list stars that still strives to work with the top level of talent both as an actor and producer, Brad Pitt has a major 2019 in store. Next...
One of the most heartfelt, intimately ambitious directorial debuts I've seen this year is Lucio Castro's End of the Century, which made its world premiere a...
Celebrating its 72nd edition this year, the Locarno Film Festival has been the birthplace for the finest in international arthouse cinema and this year's li...
One of the most visceral films I've seen thus far this year is Monos, Alejandro Landes' intense immersion into present-day Colombia guerilla warfare. Winner...
Premiering earlier this year at Sundance Film Festival, the sci-fi fantasy Paradise Hills tells the story of a seemingly idyllic treatment facility in which...
While only a few came away unscathed after the La La Land wars of 2016, Damien Chazelle's follow-up First Man was a sturdier, more mature outing for the dir...
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