Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), the confrontational, cantankerous and miserable spitfire in Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths” is so relentlessly combative that many…
Browsing: World Cinema
A family on a staycation is in for a hellish night of horrors in “Shaitaan” as an ominous stranger named…
There’s a scene in “The Outrun” where Rona (played by Saoirse Ronan) has a moment of crisis. She’s a recovering…
The opening nine-minute sequence of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist” (Japanese: “悪は存在しない”) feels like a spiritual experience: Featuring Yoshio…
We all know what it feels like to lose someone we love, whether it’s a family member, a friend, or…
“The world you’re about to see no longer exists”, quotes director Julia Loktev in her film’s, “My Undesirable Friends: Part…
Much like Critics’ Week (Semaine de la critique) and Director’s Fortnight (Quinzaine des cinéastes) in Cannes, the Currents section at…
David Cronenberg loves twins. In “Dead Ringers” (1988), an adaptation of Bari Wood’s novel “Twins” (remade into a 2023 miniseries…
Many international voices remind cinemagoers about legends from the past in many ways. Leos Carax with Jean-Luc Godard. Nuri Bilge…
The potential for dread and disaster looms over Neo Sora’s “Happyend,” which made its US premiere at this year’s iteration…