Two more Radu Jude films torch Romanian ignorance, authoritarianism, and poltroonery. The borderline-bonkers Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn churns with incendiary ideas, while Uppercase Print condemns Ceausescu–era repression with clunky sincerity.
As so often happens with international films, this movie is much more accurately represented by its original Japanese title, Coincidence and Imagination, than its English translation.
The straightforward and innocent way of how kids perceive the world, despite how complicated and rough the surroundings, is remarkably depicted in the splendid first feature film by Tatiana Huezo.
A lively portrait of how good local journalism reflects the lives of those who read it.
Don’t watch Julia Cohen and Betsy West’s delightful documentary about Julia Child on an empty stomach.
Intricate and masterful, strange and heartbreaking, Only the Animals is a great new entry into the multilinear narrative canon.
Simon Rex’s performance is one of the most gratifying surprises of the year.
Jane Campion performs a seductive sleight of hand in her adaptation of American writer Thomas Savage’s 1967 shapeshifting novel.
Sometimes trusting the tropes of the genre and simply telling a good, involving story is enough. This western understands this and spins its tale with confidence and style.