Polished yet brutally raw, this Ukrainian sign language film is an audacious piece of cinema.
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Polished yet brutally raw, this Ukrainian sign language film is an audacious piece of cinema.
The psychological and hallucinatory strains of war befall a young Portuguese soldier lost in the jungles of Mozambique in WWI.
You wouldn’t expect that a French animation about walking-and-talking bears could possess both depth and intelligence, plus it’s so fun to watch.
There’s something anachronistic about its visual style, but Mark Jenkin’s modern 16mm experiment about social tensions in an English fishing village largely impresses with its extraordinary use of nearly all manner of montage.
Provocative in an important way, this cautionary if hilariously satirical documentary emphasises the need to be open to understanding minority groups in pluralistic, secular countries.
Elizabeth Olsen delivers a first-rate performance in this restrained tale about trauma and paranoia.
An easy-going Thai movie about the need to let go of the past that gets the balance between comedy and serious drama just about right.
Creative and original, this French animation meditates on personal loss with eye-popping visuals, but never quite reaches any significant emotional peak.
A gripping feature debut that explores a current social issue—slave labourers on board fishing vessels in Southeast Asia—that is both urgent and disturbing.
At times intoxicating, the film’s kaleidoscopic approach to exploring the depths of human emotions is invigorating and refreshing.