Rodeo
By Caroline Ely March 16, 2023
At once raw and highly stylized, Rodeo fires up a rebel-without-a-cause spirit that lets its woman warrior run free.
At once raw and highly stylized, Rodeo fires up a rebel-without-a-cause spirit that lets its woman warrior run free.
Post-colonial fallout reverberates through several strong films at the 2023 edition of the annual festival.
A gripping drama that dabbles in ambiguity more than thrills.
Teen romance and the looming Holocaust make for bizarre bedfellows in actor Sandrine Kiberlain’s debut directorial feature.
This year’s Israeli Oscar submission is directed in an effortlessly authentic faux-documentary style, so much so that it often feels like the real thing.
To Gaspar Noé’s credit, this edit does not feel more conventional than its predecessor. It is, however, revealing to watch, and not for reasons Noé intends.
A droll comedy/drama of an Arab village in Israel stuck in limbo.
The film nimbly becomes a thriller without shedding its established rhythm. Before you know it, the tone has turned uncomfortably ominous.
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