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So far Christopher Bourne has created 50 blog entries.

    A Traveler’s Needs

    Starring the charismatic and enigmatic Isabelle Huppert in her third collaboration with director Hong Sang-soo.

    By |November 25th, 2024|South Korea|0 Comments

      Nickel Boys | NYFF 2024

      It opened this year’s New York Film Festival, and it is not only a superior literary adaptation but also a bold and daring artistic statement.

      By |October 28th, 2024|Book adaptation, Festivals|0 Comments

        Dìdi

        Sharply observed and specific details make this a fun and moving coming-of-age film.

        By |July 25th, 2024|Teen|0 Comments

          Eno

          Most of the standard hallmarks of music documentaries go out the window here.

          By |July 11th, 2024|Music, Top Picks|0 Comments

            Evil Does Not Exist

            What begins as a seemingly placid ecological fable gradually gains darker tones, culminating in a shocking, rug-pulling ending.

            By |May 2nd, 2024|Top Picks|0 Comments

              Aggro Dr1ft | NYFF 2023

              Harmony Korine's new work (don't call it a "movie") suggests an episode of Miami Vice filtered through a psychedelic, acid-soaked consciousness.

              By |October 23rd, 2023|Experimental, Festivals|0 Comments

                In Our Day/In Water | NYFF 2023

                It’s been an almost routine occurrence to see two of his films included in the New York Film Festival, and this year is no exception.

                By |October 16th, 2023|Festivals, South Korea|0 Comments

                  Drive My Car

                  Ryusuke Hamaguchi has masterfully and thrillingly expanded Haruki Murakami’s typically spare and evocative short story into a three-hour feature.

                  By |December 19th, 2021|Japanese, Top Picks|0 Comments

                    Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

                    As so often happens with international films, this movie is much more accurately represented by its original Japanese title, Coincidence and Imagination, than its English translation.

                    By |November 18th, 2021|Japanese, Top Picks|0 Comments