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There is real suspense and pathos in this political drama, beneath the standard cinematography and pacing.
A wide-ranging slate of documentary features on display in this year’s Independent Film Festival Boston. Here’s a sampling of a few of the standout films coming up.
What starts off as a rollicking entertainment ends with a flourish of profundity.
This time around, as both a writer and director, Paul Schrader has a found a story, and the artistic restraint, to convey his elevated vision.
Wild Wild Country details the insane clusterfuck that results when faith, fundamentalism, and media hype intersect.
In You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsay’s themes of alienation, violence, guilt and redemption are once again present, albeit in a more frenetic form than before.
Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s last film is made up of a series of sometimes resplendent, sometimes disappointing, images.
Where will you find the best in new documentaries? In the brave new world of digital streaming.
Claire’s Camera is enjoyable and charming, but it’s definitely minor Hong, made on a lark at Cannes.
What we want is for Al Pacino to convey something deeper, something illuminating about the fall of the hero from the highest reaches of the gods.
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