A surprisingly uneven film with a lack of character and historical focus on 1937 Nanking.
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A surprisingly uneven film with a lack of character and historical focus on 1937 Nanking.
A disturbing and occasionally powerful look at youths with suicidal tendencies through the off/online realms that they inhabit.
Herzog’s take on capital punishment from a humanistic standpoint – haunting, hopeful, and strange.
A recovering drug addict leaves his rehabilitation centre for a day to visit his acquaintances in this restrained, melancholic if also warmly empathetic second feature by Joachim Trier.
Not top-tier Almodovar, but he fashions an unsettling, and at times, outlandish treatment on both psychological and gender identities.
Shot in the Punjabi language, Gurvinder Singh’s Venice Orrizonti-selected first feature is both meandering and meditative at the same time, with fine attention to environmental detail.
Loads of explicit sex and misogyny wrapped in this study on sexual degradation and the politics of the (female) body, but wished it was more gripping.
This silent film about silent films will be sure to make enough noise to garner some trophies come awards season.
Strong performances by Glenn Close and Mia Wasikowska help to elevate this heartfelt Oscar-baiting period film to something that is worth a watch.
Another compelling gem from the Dardennes—tender, empathetic and mature, yet so deceptively simple.