Rich in plot and subtext, Italian writer-director Alice Rohrwacher’s allegorical and twisty drama Happy as Lazzaro is an ambitious and mostly successful look at how the fears of marginalized people …
A gentle, but evocative and effective mixture of drama, romance, mysticism, and science, writer-director Akash Sherman’s Clara takes what could’ve been a standard, hokey meet-cute scenario and turns it into …
The documentary Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz allows one of the most famous, influential, and celebrated figures in the history of international criminal litigation to tell their …
Based on a true story and initially rousing before turning profoundly corny and cliched, the boxing drama Tiger takes a great story of overcoming prejudice and stereotypes and trades it …
As relaxed and off-the-cuff as drinks among friends, the chatty, ruminative, and frequently funny documentary Nothing Like a Dame find four friends and British legends of stage and screen riffing …
A stunning achievement of art and emotion wrapped up in a deceptively simple story of a family on the rocks, Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma is the definition of a masterpiece.
A straightforward and charming look back at the career of one of the most comedic and creative minds in cinematic history, Peter Bogdanovich’s The Great Buster eloquently and delicately lays …
A delicate, complex masterwork from Turkish slow cinema auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, The Wild Pear Tree is a departure from the filmmaker’s usually formalist leanings, a gentle and intelligent bit …
An examination of the controversial relationship between art and high finance, Nathaniel Kahn’s insightful and nonjudgmental documentary The Price of Everything understands both sides of the sticky arguments being presented.
A well intentioned but ultimately unsuccessful cinematic adaptation of an award winning Canadian stage play, The Drawer Boy never comes to vibrant life or escapes the limitations of its theatrical …