Film
The late Albert Maysles once said: “I don’t see, frankly, trying to make a film to create better understanding. Our motivations for making films aren’t intellectual ones.”
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.
Read MoreOh, to be a lead character in a Borzage movie. You might expire during the final dissolve into “The End,” but man oh man, you will have loved. And you will have been loved.
Read MoreA Most Violent Year is nothing if not intense.
Read MoreBrandy Burre is a trained actress who is artfully aware of the camera and its power: the director uses her skill as a performer to animate the film.
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