Like its titular character, writer-director Alex Liu's feature debut God Bless You, Mr. Kopu has an aspirational, nearing-desperate quality. Set…
Writer-director Martin McDonagh burst onto the scene in the mid-00s with In Bruges and what felt like a fresh energy.…
Before Edward Said: Between Worlds, what I knew of the eponymous author and academic was a mere outline. I was…
There are more than a few films about the ravages of aging, but few I can recall addressing what that…
Writer-director Bassam Tariq's Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother succeeds where other action movies fail because it has a real soul.…
Having not read any of director David Bezmozgis' writing, including the source novel, I cannot be certain if his film…
"Are you all right really?" is the question that drives Tender Loving Care, the final film from British filmmaking legend Mike Leigh.…
At the heart of Fjord, from writer-director Cristian Mungiu, is a mystery. How to define it is, naturally, left to us.…
As a portrait of a specific type of man, writer-director Tom Nicoll's debut feature Salvation is well observed. More than just…
Growing up can be difficult to varying degrees, though not many of us turn to a life of crime in…