A former Nazi and concentration camp survivor inadvertently meet and rekindle their sadomasochistic desire for each other in this controversial work that feels somewhat uncompelling from moment to moment.
You don’t need to know much about legendary conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein to enjoy this decently made ‘love story’ biopic with standout performances by Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan.
Truffaut and Leaud continue another chapter in the life of ‘Antoine Doinel’ in this charming take on youthful romance and misadventure that toggles between pseudo-screwball comedy and detective drama.
This tense German drama about a theft incident in a school perceptively reflects the state of the world today in a classroom, backed by an excellent lead performance by Leonie Benesch.
The eldest daughter of a poor family is forced to become the breadwinner in Ghatak’s masterful ‘Partition’ melodrama about dreams and sacrifices, infused with some of the densest and most evocative use of Indian classical music in Bengali cinema.
While not as resonating as his recent output such are his towering standards, Ceylan’s new film is still an exquisitely mounted, conversation-heavy exploration of the desire to escape from existential gloom as a village schoolteacher mulls over the prospect of a city transfer.
‘Exploring’ features the filmographies of filmmakers that I’ve largely completed and celebrates them on the week of their birthdays.
The anxiety of opening one’s heart to another marks this underrated Miyazaki effort about a WWI pilot cursed to look like a pig—it could be his funniest film, yet the enveloping sense of nostalgia and memory makes us yearn for a past that we have never known.
A family consisting of four generations of Palestinian women is the subject of this highly personal documentary that sheds an affirmative light on stories of displacement—from their lands and themselves.
Awards season is right up the corner – here are my predictions for the Golden Globes 2024:
WW: Will Win
DH: Dark Horse
Prediction Results: 11/15 (15/15 with dark horses)
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