Film
Deconstructing construction in “Architecton.”
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The humanity Mariska Hargitay brings to her quest makes this film about her mother, Jayne Mansfield, much more than a hagiographic profile of a movie star: it is a deeply personal story of reconciliation, love, and family.
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s return to form might be explained by his looking backward: the director has chosen to grapple with the fact that many of the pessimistic prophecies of his earlier films have come true.
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There’s bad news and good news at the Woods Hole Film Festival.
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My reviewing this movie is like Proust reviewing a tea-dipped madeleine, but I think even old Marcel could spot when bits of the sponge cake were stale or too soggy.
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This piquantly enjoyable docufiction emphasizes how movie spectatorship encourages empathy and understanding.
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The Museum of Fine Arts screens some ripples from the New Wave.
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No one argues about Israel or Hamas, or even mentions the words. All the same, caring this much about Palestinians’ lives is inherently political.
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In her new documentary about the crises in Brazilian democracy, Petra Costa examines a factor involved in the election of Jair Bolsonaro that was largely overlooked in the first film — the toxic power of the evangelical movement.
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Film Review: “Made in New Jersey” — A Fabulous Trip in the Cinematic Way-Back Machine
This journey in the way-back machine contains many delights, some staged and some as part of the photographic record of America from 100-plus years ago.
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