Polanski doesn’t seem interested to push his film past the second gear, but it is a stately and handsome work about the Dreyfus Affair.
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Polanski doesn’t seem interested to push his film past the second gear, but it is a stately and handsome work about the Dreyfus Affair.
If you enjoy slow arthouse cinema that is also extremely perverse, then this new tableau-styled film by Albert Serra about libertinism in 18th century France may be your cup of tea.
A painterly and potent animation that tackles the terrible oppression faced by women in Taliban-occupied Kabul in the late 1990s.
A mundane affair with two actors, or a strong exercise in building sexual tension? Maybe both.
One of Polanski’s finest post-2000s efforts – this is a first-rate old-school mystery-thriller that sees the master filmmaker at the top of his game.
At times frustrating to watch, this unorthodox work about national identity will impress and alienate in equal measure.
Despite its seemingly modest if meta-cinematic setup, Kore-eda’s first film made in the West with big stars reveals layers of subtlety and emotions that creep up genteelly to the surface.
One of the 2019’s most powerful films, this confident feature debut by Ladj Ly serves a potent wallop of social injustices and street-level rage.
Backed by an effective if nuanced performance by the great Isabelle Huppert, this drama says quite a fair bit about how contemplation and self-reflection might help us to accept the curveballs that life throws at us.