Film
What makes Scout Tafoya’s book a radical departure from earlier studies is his in-your-face challenges to John Ford’s character and his racial politics.
Both debut features by young women directors open with prayers.
Master Gardener is more Pinterest mood board than story.
This not-quite-full retrospective contains three masterpieces of Iranian cinema: Close-Up, Taste of Cherry and The Wind Will Carry Us.
Indie films of worth made by people with talent are falling into the cracks, and that’s sadly the fate of Out and About, a smart, beautifully shot and acted movie by Peter Callahan.
Most of this documentary is so beautiful the temptation is to switch off the preachy, didactic soundtrack and just watch and watch.
The Romanian director has crafted a grueling fable about hate, lies, and misinformation in a small Transylvanian town.
This gaunt historical narrative examines “love and faith and the fear of God” while also taking on issues of colonialism and masculinity. For the most part, the grand scheme is pulled off.
Armed with a quarter of a billion dollars from the people who chucked him to the MAGA wolves, director James Gunn has created one of the most mean-spirited and nasty movies to have come down the pike since Straw Dogs.

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