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By Nora Lee Mandel March 16, 2017
Though set shortly after World War I, the film has surprising resonance today.
Though set shortly after World War I, the film has surprising resonance today.
Prison life from the perspective of corrections officers tasked with enforcing the rules and carrying out punishments.
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s latest film is heavily laden with slow-burning layers of undercurrents.
Isabelle Huppert delivers a gimlet-eyed, ferociously single-minded performance as yet another tense, driven character.
Lian (Chinese megastar Fan Bingbing) is a woman on a mission, but she’s neither Norma Rae nor Mother Courage.
Fire Song effectively sets up the conflict of youth growing up in a poor community: whether to remain or move away.
Writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s highly observant film follows Sonia Braga in a tour de force performance.
A visual delight and a beautifully rendered, intriguing imagining of a little-known female artist’s life.
The award-winning film brings the viewer along for an extended stay on the European front line in the refugee crisis.