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So far Christopher Bourne has created 51 blog entries.

Animal Farm

The long-gestating passion project for actor/filmmaker Andy Serkis, who spent a reported 15 years bringing this adaptation to fruition.

By |May 1st, 2026|Animated|0 Comments

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