Luis Buñuel is a filmmaker with few peers and a unique career trajectory. A hardcore Surrealist in 1920s Paris and a propagandist for Republican Spain during the Civil War, Buñuel found refuge...
Read moreBecause last month’s picks took a deep dive into depravity, this time I’m (mostly) sticking to low-gore, less-scary horror movies that won’t keep you up at night.‘Dashcam’Rent or buy on most major...
Read moreAt a time of widespread debate over the depiction of women in film, the top Japanese animators have long been creating heroines who are more layered and complex than many of their...
Read moreWhat’s most striking about the autobiographical documentary “Beba,” aside from the intimate lens and stunning cinematography, are its moments of vulnerability, which plunge the viewer into the Afro-Latina filmmaker’s familial and personal...
Read moreIn this documentary, two French filmmakers meet a formidable Swiss cow and, under her impassive gaze, ruminate on her Alpine life.
Read moreAlice Diop’s observational documentary is a beautiful, loose-limned portrait of Paris’s suburbs.
Read moreThree young men explore their Indigenous heritage and questions about their gender and sexual identity in this film.
Read moreCompleted in early 2021 and set the decade before, Elie Grappe’s confident first scripted feature, “Olga,” wasn’t meant to be about Russia’s continuing assault on Ukraine. It’s impossible today, however, to watch...
Read moreA bullied eighth grader learns to shine in this filmed version of the stage musical streaming on Disney+.
Read moreThe future becomes the now in “Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe,” the animated comedy directed by John Rice and Albert Calleros, and streaming on Paramount+. The year is 1998, and through...
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