The Taste of Things
Food porn is much better when seen on a big screen, filmed by world-class directors. Case in point: the culinary eroticism in Tran Anh Hung’s latest film.
Film-Forward
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Is the director a German caricature or a complicated, messy, but original filmmaker?
La Syndicaliste
An efficient but otherwise less than compelling addition to the whistleblower canon, starring Isabelle Huppert.
The Stones and Brian Jones
Nick Broomfield chronicles the short life and tragic demise of the Rolling Stones’ founding member, guitarist Brian Jones.
A Still Small Voice
A powerful and thoughtful study of coming to terms with mortality.
More Than Ever
Vicky Krieps provides the emotional depth in an honestly realized drama that never sinks to unnecessary melodrama.
Dancing in the Dust (2003)
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s debut feature, made in 2003, is being seen for the first time in the United States.
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Chen Kaige's epic has returned in all its visual splendor and with 14 minutes restored.