Film
If these efforts are representative of Icelandic cinema, it is time for movie lovers to start paying much closer attention.
Read MoreOne leaves History of Fear feeling that the director wants to stir up our anxiety about the omnipresence of fear itself.
Read MoreWritten and directed by feature film newcomer Matais Lucchesi, Natural Sciences is a cautionary tale: be careful what you wish for.
Read MoreDirector Cristián Jiménez treats the melodramatic proceedings with an ironic sense of humor that manages to keep the maudlin at bay.
Read MoreThe enduring curse of the past is not a new subject; it is Obra’s compelling visuals that make it special.
Read MoreDirector and writer Damián Szifrón fills his tales with lethal ironies and jarring twists of fate that build with relentless momentum to resolutions that somehow manage to be both horrid and comical.
Read MoreUnderground director Emile de Antonio saw films as “a way to make art out of political raw material.”
Read MoreDirector Abderrahmane Sissako wants the viewer to have the golden-age city in mind when, today, 2015, we see how terrible life has become there.
Read MoreMr Grey had his peccadilloes to be sure but, if you were unaware of the kinky side of his love life, then either you’ve been living under a rock, or missed that day in health class.
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