Access points: the first-ever documentary showcase held within a U.S. prison included a slate of competing films judged by an ...
There is something oddly indeterminate about the Korean title of Hong Sangsoo’s 31st feature, whose English translation is A ...
When the cast of Robert Zemeckis’s Here was announced two years ago, Gump-heads rejoiced. Three decades after Forrest Gump ...
Time and time again: recent works by Elisabeth Subrin and Zia Anger join a lineage of women’s films that invite us to witness ...
Scenes from the class struggle: a new repertory series at MoMA asks its viewers to connect Portugal’s political revolution to ...
This article appeared in the November 8, 2024 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here. Guns (Robert ...
An extension of Green’s interest in frustrated protagonists searching for meaning, The Son of Joseph centers upon Vincent (Victor Ezenfis), an angry and conflicted teenager who yearns to discover his ...
An example: a brilliant Brazilian director and friend, João Jardim, made a beautiful documentary in 2001 called Window of the Soul that he brought to me for the mix. The first scene is a close-up of a ...