Film
Starring Mads Mikkelsen, “The Promised Land” is an opulent and moving period piece that captures a location and era rarely depicted on the big screen
At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, in the midst of the usual well-meaning social documentaries and “independent” celebrity tributes, some real cinematic ambition crept in.
Bertrand Mandico’s “She is Conann” left me buzzing, high on a euphoria of aesthetic excess that represents the true legacy of New Queer Cinema.
Screenwriter, film director, and novelist Charlie Kaufman tries to lighten up in “Orion and the Dark”.
Among the memorable films at Sundance 2024, a trio of music films led the way.
“The Sweet East” is politically tame, though it is often entertaining, particularly when it depicts some distinctly American anxieties.
Two PBS documentaries paint a grim picture of the American soul.
The breadth and intimacy of “Origin”‘s vision — the personal becomes the historical — is stunning, a searing portrait of collective trauma and the dark ideas that propel it.
For all of “Suitable Flesh”’s indulgence in B-movie schlock and gross-out gore, the film’s pulsating sexuality becomes its strongest asset.
Here’s a peek at 10 art house films that this critic is looking forward to in the first half of 2024.
Visual Art Commentary: Silence Is Complicity — Why Museums Must Use Their Voice to Defend Democracy