Part of the massive if controversial โDAUโ project, this entry is backed by bold performances by its two actresses even if the film doesnโt quite achieve true power through provocation.
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Part of the massive if controversial โDAUโ project, this entry is backed by bold performances by its two actresses even if the film doesnโt quite achieve true power through provocation.
A polished if sometimes overly-dramatised โRashomonโ-style account of the infamous and haunting 2008 Noida double murder case that till today no one knows the truth to.
An excellent lead performance by a child aside, this is too postcard picture-perfect and poorly-paced a film about the torrid experiences of surviving the Khmer Rouge regime to be considered essential viewing.
Despite the strength of the leading cast, this is an unexpectedly insipid movie by Edward Zwick.
Shot in the Punjabi language, Gurvinder Singhโs Venice Orrizonti-selected first feature is both meandering and meditative at the same time, with fine attention to environmental detail.
A predictable historical war film about survival and the human spirit that mostly benefits from steady direction by Edward Zwick.
Electrifying filmmaking at times, this Cannes Camera dโOr-winning feature debut depicts a rebellious minority female teen from a French suburb who is suffering from social disenfranchisement as she seeks to make a better life for herself.
This powerful and tragic German anti-war film pits a group of drafted schoolboys-turned-inexperienced-soldiers against the advancing Americans as WWII draws to a close.
Cronenberg Jrโs second feature sees him tackle techno-existential sci-fi with more assurance (but also with more narrative convolution) in this gory tale involving mind-controlled assassinations.ย ย ย
A modest but effective Sundance award-winning drama about patriarchal conservatism rearing its ugly head as an older Bedouin daughter in a traditional Arab family awaits her fateful future.ย