Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara
Accompanied by an often swelling orchestral score, director Marco Bellocchio is unafraid to go for broke telling this true story set in the mid-19th century.
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Taking Venice
An engaging look back when American culture was used to combat communism.
Jeanne du Barry
A conventional costume drama about mostly pompous and entitled characters set against an exquisite visual palette.
The Old Oak
Another potent Ken Loach-Paul Laverty collaboration.
All to Play For, No Love Lost, Toni | Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2024
Three films that are—coincidentally, but fortuitously—mature studies of single parents trying their best to raise children in often discordant circumstances.
The Promised Land
A cinematic soap opera of the highest order.
Driving Madeleine
As the title character, Line Renaud is a true force of nature.
Immediate Family
Director Denny Tedesco’s enjoyable documentary follows the long and winding careers of four men who are widely considered among the best session musicians of the rock era.