The King’s Horseman
Based on a play by Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, which, in turn, is based on a real incident.
How not to make a supernatural phenomena into a cash cow.
Director Amanda Kramer creates a world and commits to it. In other words, she swings hard.
This brief, fascinating documentary about incarcerated men who have been all but forgotten by the rest of the world, has itself been lost since 1987.
First, and most simply, this documentary retells the 2002 hijacking of state-owned TV channels in Changchun, China, through animation.
It's 1974 in the Philippines, and a Japanese lieutenant lives his life as though World War II is still raging.
If there is one reason to see this, it is Essie Davis.
This animated film transports viewers to a time when music was of paramount importance to storytelling.