A Middle-American-family-reconnects movie, the kind that marries the goofball antics of a dysfunctional family with dramatic questions like: What’s it all about? What are we all even doing here?
A lovely tribute to a great writer and his Jewish mother-muse.
The type of family film that doesn’t come around nearly often enough.
An adult prodigal son returns home from New York City to the old Jewish neighborhood known as El Once in Buenos Aires.
There is a quiet eloquence to director Yuval Delshad’s debut film about the burgeoning conflict between a father and his teenage son.
An observational, 160-minute-long family drama-cum-screwball comedy took critics by surprise at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Asghar Farhadi reminds us of how, ultimately, there are countless external factors that determine and alter our lives that we have no control over.
The Family Fang rises above standard family dysfunction fare and is fearless about pursuing some of its darker themes to the fullest.
Cinematographer Francesco di Giacomo never lets an amazing shot go to waste, whether in sumptuous interiors or starkly beautiful landscapes. He is a master of chiaroscuro, rich texture, and, above all, framing.