Grand yet intimate, this Cannes Un Certain Regard award winner, about a man who strikes up a friendship with a black stray dog in a small town, mostly avoids overt sentimentalism in its portrayal of changing times in rural China.ย
While its plotting might seem too โneatโ to really satisfy, this deliberately-paced serial killer flick balances well the โproceduralโ and โoccultโ aspects as a greenhorn FBI special agent must solve a series of decades-long murders.
Possibly one of the finest โbody horrorโ films of the post-2000s era, Fargeatโs sophomore film takes on sexism and ageism in the entertainment industry with a middle finger so pointed that the violence and gore become saliently and nihilistically rewarding.
Moving in unexpected ways, this meta-filmic documentary about a director who conducted a series of film classes for a group of German girls in 1968, brings everyone back for a reunion as they revisit those wonderful days when filmmaking seemed to have limitless pedagogical possibilities.ย ย
One of 2024โs absolute gems, this rapturous, stunningly-edited Sundance award-winning documentary sets the GOATs of American jazz against the tumultuous political history of Congoโs struggle for independence during the decolonisation phase of the Cold War.
This enjoyable and boisterous sequel to one of Pixarโs high watermarks pits its protagonist against the onset of puberty as the appearance of more emotions creates havoc and a crisis of sense of self.
A delicate and imaginative work as three female voices share the โcompositeโ body of an elderly woman who must confront her traumatic past to liberate herself for one last hurrah at an optimistic future.
A documentary project by both Palestinians and Israelis that provides the necessary context for the eradication of several Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank by the IDF and armed settlersโitโs hard-hitting but a testament to courageous and responsible filmmaking in torrid circumstances.
Eschewing narrative economy for an epic five-act saga, this prequel to Fury Road is a different beast of a film, focusing first on drama and then action, effectively deepening the mythos of the Wasteland.
Remarkably crafted and told refreshingly in a non-linear way, Guadagnino transforms tennis into a three-way psychological match in hell, where romantic entanglements serve up โunderhandsโ and โdouble-dealingsโ that take morally contentious turns.
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