Film
Director Alain Guiraudie’s latest film is a darkly hilarious, polymorphously perverse paean to compassion.
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Considering the current political climate and its accompanying cultural backlashes, BUFF’s (continued) commitment to diversity in film feels especially pointed in its 25th incarnation.
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With its fabulous ’50s costumes and visceral wrestling scenes, “Queen of the Ring” is a blast from the past.
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Two cheers for monogamy in Steven Soderbergh’s “Black Bag”
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In Berlin, the closest thing to a consensus on “Kontinental ’25” was that the film didn’t measure up to Romanian director Radu Jude’s customary standards. My view is that the critics didn’t look hard enough.
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A provocative commentary on our need to recognize our our common humanity, the film is, at its heart, a painfully cautionary tale.
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Two essential documentaries look at the legacies of Leni Riefenstahl and Elie Wiesel.
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“Eephus” could’ve become a piece of conservative-leaning nostalgia but, to its credit, it refrains from making small-town sports great again.
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The stunning painting is beautifully presented in this documentary, but the flood of references to other works of art and quotations from classical and Renaissance writers might make the film a bit slow going for someone with no background at all in Renaissance cultural history.
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Errol Morris takes another look at Helter Skelter and the Charles Manson murders.
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Arts Commentary: Rich in Creativity — But Nothing Else