Film
Winter Sleep is not the cinematic masterpiece so many have been hailing it to be.
The puckish, irrepressible personality of James Randi — magician, escape artist, debunker of seers, psychics, and all things paranormal — is at the zesty heart of this memorable documentary.
If these efforts are representative of Icelandic cinema, it is time for movie lovers to start paying much closer attention.
One leaves History of Fear feeling that the director wants to stir up our anxiety about the omnipresence of fear itself.
Written and directed by feature film newcomer Matais Lucchesi, Natural Sciences is a cautionary tale: be careful what you wish for.
Director Cristián Jiménez treats the melodramatic proceedings with an ironic sense of humor that manages to keep the maudlin at bay.
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.”
The enduring curse of the past is not a new subject; it is Obra’s compelling visuals that make it special.
Director 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.
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