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Padre Pio leans into its politics and historical fealty; the spiritual aspects are heady, abstract, and dense.
A timeless coming-of-age tale told beautifully by Marcello and his collaborators, Scarlet is a cinematic treat for the eyes, the ears, and the heart.
Omen is an undeniably beautiful film that is a prime showcase for Baloji’s talents as a visual storyteller.
Jonathan Glazer has made a film like no other with The Zone of Interest, one that festers in the mind like a disease.
Overall, 8 Mile is a very entertaining movie and its lead performance is still strong away from Eminem’s initial massive fame.
Inside was one of those rare gems that I never expect to come across but when I do I like to scream about it from the rooftops.
Inventive and enchanting, once Wittman’s Human Flowers of Flesh takes hold it becomes clear what the film is.
A dreamlike evocation of love and longing on the banks of the titular river running through Shanghai, Lou Ye’s Suzhou River is a landmark film.
The Amazing Maurice is cute, and just fine for kids, but for adults it has a hard time living up to its own name.
“All Quiet on the Western Front” and “Narvik,” a German WWI film and Norwegian WWII film, premiered on Netflix in 2022.
Despite boasting great performances and lavish production values, Chess Story feels unnecessarily messy, overwhelmed by the scope of its adaptation.
In our latest report from the 2022 Heartland International Film Festival, Emily Wheeler reviews Dear Zoe, Corsage, Close and Me Little Me!
On some level, it feels like a cinematic equivalent of the anti-establishment political cartoons that were once so pervasive in cultural discourse.
The London Film Festival rolls on. Our latest review round-up covers stories of real life…
This dispatch features two great films involving passionate love affairs — but, apart from that, they could not be more radically different.